Comments on: Moving the Springfield Community Garden

By: Joey Marchy

Joey Marchy — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:37:16 +0000

Zoen, I agree 100%. The more gardens the better. There is a community garden on 8th Street for The Bridge and there is one on the Eastside too, created by Fresh Ministries.

By: zoen

zoen — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:48:31 +0000

The Springfield Community Garden #2!! I think it would be great to have two spaces used for something awesome like a community garden…and the people that dont mind borrowing or bringing their own water should come back to the original spot…I sure dont mind. On top of that, the area hasnt been touched in probably a year if not more and it has become a place for vagrants to get drunk and use hard drugs and who knows what else…using up all the places that have potential like this location will clean up our community and/or make it a safe or more positive environment for everyone because there will be less places for people to use in that manner (for negative/non-progressive ways). Another question, why take eveything from that garden and move it to the new clean slate property when it would be twice as much work to get the weeds out of the plots then the dirt then actually move it to the new location when you could just pull the weeds and plant new things…?

By: Joey Marchy

Joey Marchy — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:37:16 +0000

Zoen, I agree 100%. The more gardens the better. There is a community garden on 8th Street for The Bridge and there is one on the Eastside too, created by Fresh Ministries.

By: zoen

zoen — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:48:31 +0000

By: SPalmer

SPalmer — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:00:29 +0000

Howdy!
I just wanted to add that the Springfield Daisy Girl Scout Troop #1225 is most appreciative to Michele for taking 2 Saturdays to instruct 9 girls and their parents on the benefits of utilizing the community garden. On March 14th, the troop showed up with parents in tow and planted a variety of veggies at the Main St locale. A big big thank you to Michele for sharing this experience with us!!
Also, she informed us the addition of a second community garden going in on Laura St. This news brought cheers from the families, many of whom live on Laura St. I am quite ecstatic about this second garden to the point that I have talked it up amongst friends in Springfield and have “pre-sold” (in a manner of speaking) 5 plots for the Laura St. garden. I will send this info to Amanda.
Basically, thank you all again for the hard work you have done to make these gardens happen, and please know that there is a lot of community interest and support.

By: tom p.

tom p. — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:10:46 +0000

like i said before you might want to ask christy at the pearl if there is anything she can do to help. she might offer a hose. you shouldn’t be scared to talk to her. for those that are unaware she does own that land and likes having you there.

By: Ray Graves

Ray Graves — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:23:09 +0000

Maybe the first garden, without the water, could be turned into a cool cactus/succulent garden. That could be nice.

By: Downtownparks

Downtownparks — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:40:20 +0000

Exactly. Well said Jennifer.

By: Jennifer McCharen

Jennifer McCharen — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:23:53 +0000

haha! That news blurb is awesome. I’m so happy the little garden is all full and has been used for years. It has fulfilled its potential, for sure, and possibly even some extra, fictitious potential. It’s one thing when reporters make up negative nonsense. What do you do when they make up really really positive nonsense? Answer: shake head and smile.

By: downtownparks

downtownparks — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:23:24 +0000

Michele, dont take it personally. Ryan asked around about who to talk to, and was basically only able to get together a little bit of info for the story, and use what he had. Its a nice story, and 99.9% of the people who live in Jacksonville dont know Springfield garden person A from person B. What they do know is that we are blessed to have an active and lively community.