100 families wanted to make this a huge success!
Want to try your luck growing some vegetables or flowers in a community garden this summer?
Get off the couch and do something worthwhile and
enjoy the feeling of growing your very own garden.
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Organizational
meeting: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at the Laurinburg Presbyterian Church Fellowship
Hall – 7 pm Tentative planting date: Saturday, April 19, 2008.
Volunteers will be available to help. Where is the garden planned? Behind the Laurinburg Presbyterian Church
on Fairly Street & New Street. Planned plot sizes: 10’x 30’– 60 plants! If this is too big, go in with another
family and share in the fun. What kind of plants can you plant? Tomatoes, beans, squash, cabbage, lettuce, pumpkins, turnips, collards, carrots, watermelons, beets, corn, peas, bell peppers, hot peppers, cucumbers, okra, spinach, potatoes, cantaloupe, peanuts,
flowers, herbs, etc. Whatever you
want! What we provide: Designated plowed rows of good sunny farmland, mulch, timed drip-irrigation system, picnic table, canopy, some tools, tomato stakes/twine, tool shed, water
spigot, plenty of help and advice. What you provide: Seeds, plants, fertilizer, tools and a whole lot of energy and free time. You must keep your plot neat
& weed-free! What we require: A $40 plot lease, signed application and rules and regulations forms & good work ethic. *Also,
that you donate 10% of crop to our garden charity and that you harvest
regularly, as needed.
Forms online using the links below or at the Laurinburg Presbyterian Church. Return the signed forms to the Laurinburg Presbyterian Church office with your $40 check by April 8, 2008. Act now to get in on the fun. Plots assigned, first come, first serve basis. Church office number is 276-0831. |