Community Garden Tour puts the spotlight on local plots

Washtenaw County’s budding community garden movement will be on display later this month as part of the Big Community Harvest Garden Tour.Dozens of community gardens have sprung up across the county in recent years as local residents have become acquainted with the joys of local produce and better land use. A number of organizations have sprung up to help spur this along, including Growing Hope, Project Grow Community Gardens and Food Gathers, among others.The dozens of plots that these groups maintain, manage or advise range from gardens at local schools to raised beds at group homes to gardens planted and maintained by local churches. The tour will showcase seven such gardens each day between July 22 and August 1. “These gardens go from teeny tiny to really big,” says Amanda Maria Edmonds, executive director of Growing Hope.For information, call Growing Hope (734) 786-8401 or send an email to info@growinghope.net.Source: Amanda Maria Edmonds, executive director of Growing HopeWriter: Jon Zemke