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Community Partnership launches City Hall community gardens; city staff helped install 35 galvanized beds
Summary
Community Partnership Family Resource Center described a newly relocated community garden at Woodland Park City Hall, installed 35 galvanized raised beds with amended soil and hoop houses, and announced weekly "work and learn" sessions and a shared‑harvest plan.
Jody Mijares, chief executive officer of Community Partnership Family Resource Center, updated Woodland Park City Council on June 5 about the nonprofit’s community garden program, which has relocated to City Hall.
Mijares said Community Partnership has operated a garden program since 2012 and moved the beds to the City Hall site to increase visibility and public access. Staff and volunteers assembled 35 galvanized raised beds with mesh bottoms; each bed was layered with cardboard and soil and is being amended with llama manure and mushroom compost. The organization also assembled a greenhouse and plans to build hoop houses to extend…
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