Wazi Lane
Custer, SD 57730
http://custercommunitygarden.com/
The Custer Community Organic Gardens’ mission is to provide residents with an opportunity to come together for the purpose of food production, environmental education and to encourage multi-generational gatherings. For more information, call (605)673-4824 or send an e-mail to CCOG@custercommunitygarden.com.
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Custer-Community-Garden/114043475292053
The Belle Fourche Community Garden is located in the field south east of the Belle Fourche Middle School. It is the collaborative effort of several volunteer gardeners and the Belle Fourche School District. For more information, contact Kevin O’Dea at (605)591-2931.
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Belle-Fourche-Community-Garden/209577672486027
This community garden is sponsored by the Community Lutheran Church of Hill City and is open to everyone (space permitting.) There are 16 lots. Members are requested to pay a fee of $40 per season to defray costs associated with the watering system. For more information, contact Jeff Schlukebier at (605)574-2505.
If you missed the recent youth gardening webinar, you can hear the presentations using this link.
Ken Olsen of Ground Works talks about laying the groundwork for a school garden so that people work as a team and keep the garden going in the long term. One Sioux Falls school garden he describes has been going for four years.
Chris Zdorovtsov of SDSU discusses various kinds of raised beds, why raised beds work so well, and how to design them for kids, adults, and people in wheelchairs.
Join SD State University Extension for a community garden start-up webinar March 7, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. MST.
Community gardens are a place to grow food, reconnect with nature, and get physical exercise. Community gardens provide a place for renters without access to land or for homeowners with yards that are too small or too shady to garden.
Is your community interested in starting a community garden? If so, please join SDSU Extension field specialists for an introductory webinar on getting started.
Specialists will discuss action steps on starting a community garden –various models, site assessment, resources needed, and more. During the webinar, they will also discuss successful community gardens which have started as a result of the SDSU Extension Horizon’s Program, an action-based community development program.
You will be able to email your questions to the specialists during the webinar. If you wish to listen to the recorded webinar at a later time, contact Chris Zdorovtsov, SDSU Extension Community Development Field Specialist at 605-782-3290 or Christina.Zdorovtsov@sdstate.edu.
Click here on March 7 at 6 pm to join the webinar.
