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Common Space outlines three community garden sites and native-plant cut-flower program
Summary
Kate Gaylor detailed three garden sites used by Common Space and Carousel Connections—behind a 'get ready' house, at Haverford College and behind apartments—and described a mostly native, pesticide-free cut-flower CSA and related training for participants.
"So we have, 3 spaces that we garden at consistently," said Kate Gaylor, a community mentor with Carousel Connections, describing raised beds behind a 'get ready' house, a plot at Haverford College and a plot behind apartments. Gaylor said the gardens focus on native perennials (hyssop, black-eyed Susans, mountain mint, ironweed) and produce flowers for a local cut-flower CSA.
Gaylor described the gardens as a full-circle experience for participants: preparing soil, planting, tending, cutting, arranging and delivering bouquets. She said crews avoid pesticides and herbicides, and that the program also fosters social sustainability by connecting participants with neighbors and generating modest income through CSA shares and deliveries.
