ROSCOMMON- Community members and sponsors of the Roscommon Community Garden gathered at the Roscommon Village Hall May 23 for garden updates and a tour of the Roscommon Community Garden.
Roscommon Rotary, Arauco, Tony Medina, Jennifer Briggs and the American Legion Post #96 all received Certificates of Appreciation for their contributions of funding and efforts towards improving the Garden.
Roscommon High School sophomore, Emma Hoogerhyde, produced the winning logo for the Roscommon Community Garden. Hoogerhyde was one of fourteen local high school and college youths who participated in the contest to choose the Community Garden logo.
Since its inception in 2016, the Roscommon Community Garden has grown to be able to provide fresh vegetables to the Lion’s Den, Senior Community, Congregational Church food bank, and many local families.
The goal of the garden is to implement major grant projects. Weyerhaueser has expanded their donation to the garden, inside and outside the fence, so that the committee may donate more produce and lease out to more community members. Rotary is working to build an event center for events and programs and expand the water source. RCCF (Roscommon County Community Foundation) is working on the butterfly habitat as a raise and release program. The committee also has a continued partnership with ROOC and new partnerships with 4-H for gardening classes as well as with the elementary schools.
ROOC and three elementary partners helped to start planting seedlings that were transferred to the garden when they were ready. Youth at Camp Shawono in Grayling also helped in the growing of plantings for the garden.
Story time is held every Saturday in the Garden. Schedules are posted outside the fence.
