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St. Augustine Beach mayor highlights community garden; six beds available
Summary
Mayor Dylan Rumrill toured the St. Augustine Beach Community Garden, where members said the garden has about 56 members, six open beds and an organic growing policy; interested residents can contact the garden via its Facebook page.
Mayor Dylan Rumrill of the City of St. Augustine Beach toured the St. Augustine Beach Community Garden on Monday and said the garden is "one of the hidden gems" in the city. Members told him the garden has about 56 members and six open beds available for yearly rental.
The community garden, run by members, provides individual rented beds and shared "community beds" that members plant and harvest together. Marjorie, the garden's membership chairman, said members provide tools and a garden shed on site and that the garden follows an organic-only pesticide and fertilizer policy.
Marjorie said, "We have about 56 members. We're always looking for more." She added, "Right now, we've got about 6 open beds," and said interested residents can contact the garden through its Facebook page, St. Augustine Beach Community Garden.
Members described a range of crops and plantings in the beds, including tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, squash, dinosaur kale and hibiscus; one planting of amaranth was described as ornamental and a food source for birds. Officials said some members cover beds when they leave for part of the year so beds remain weed-free when they return.
The garden rents beds on a yearly basis, provides shared tools (shovels, rakes, fertilizer) in a shed and encourages members to maintain their own beds while participating in communal plantings and harvests. No formal actions, motions or policy changes were proposed or recorded during the mayor's visit.
Mayor Rumrill closed the tour by inviting listeners to tune in to his regular program, saying, "And we will see you next Monday with another great edition of Monday with the Mayor."
