Ladies and Gentlemen ... Presenting the Minton Street Community Garden!

Wow! The Minton Street Community Garden is underway! These young people have taken ownership of their own garden. Community Gardens are popping up all over town!

Huntington Community Gardens is a volunteer organization, albeit greatly supported by the City of Huntington's Weed and Seed Program that provided the first Community Gardens space at the Barnette Center, a shed for storage, a very awesome tiller, water for the plants, etc.

The work by the Community Gardens has been done solely by volunteers; all funding has been through individual and business donations, not grants.

Minton Street was the latest of three community gardens. The first two were created at Marcum Terrace and Northcott Court, and several more are underway.

So, yes, thank you, Tim White, for doing great things through the Weed and Seed. Thank you for reaching out and supporting the Community Gardens in a big way. But do not forget that it is all the volunteers who go to meetings, plan these projects, ask for donations, collect the plants, collect the mulch, bring the tools, work the lots, get their hands in the dirt, and make each new garden happen. These hard working volunteers are the Community Gardens, and we salute them - one and all!