BRADENTON, Fla. (SNN TV) — Helping the community grow is the goal of a brand-new community garden in Elwood Park.
The ribbon-cutting was held Saturday morning from 10 a.m. to noon.
Manatee County crews have been working with local businesses and contractors to complete this facility, located at 4008 39th Street East in Bradenton, over the past several weeks.
The fenced community garden will feature 29 standard 4-foot x 8-foot one-foot-tall garden beds, two large two-foot high “L-shaped” 4-foot x 8-foot x 4-foot beds, two ADA accessible two-foot-high 4-foot x 8-foot beds with concrete surrounding the beds for easier access, and two 4-foot x 4-foot beds for kids gardening and education.
An 8-foot x 10-foot storage shed will house a variety gardening tools, rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows, soil and other supplies.Two large composting bins also have been provided, along with water connections for proper irrigation.
A shade structure, park benches and ADA-compliant truegrid paths with pebble rock, connecting all the garden beds, are also part of the community garden, along with a small play structure and swings for children who may temporarily tire of tending the plants.
Elwood Park was first homesteaded in the early 1900s with the promise of “ready-made farms on easy payments.”