Our local community gardens have a gardening space for you. Come meet our local community garden coordinators and fellow gardeners Tuesday April 10 at 7 pm. The community garden kick off will be at the Mahaska County Extension Office, 212 North I Street, Oskaloosa.

The coordinators of the sites will be in attendance.  They are:    Hope Gardens (New Hope)- Blaine Vos 641-676-1601 [email protected]; OCSD Glendale- Ron Van Heuvelen 641-660-4329 [email protected];  William Penn- Marsha Riordan 641-673-1044 [email protected] and OCSD FFA Learning Garden- Alice Bowling 641-673-3407 [email protected].  Hope Gardens, Glendale and William Penn have garden plots available for 2018.  The OCSD FFA Learning garden grows produce that is donated to the Ecumenical cupboard.

More information regarding horticulture programming can be found at the Mahaska County Extension Office; 212 North I Street; Oskaloosa Phone 641-673-5841; and www.extension.iastate.edu/mahaska/yardgarden.htm.