Stewart Moore of WIS is leading an effort to raise awareness of community gardening and as part of that effort has added a row of organic vegetables to the Rosewood Community Garden. The food from the garden will go to Harvest Hope Food Bank. Mr Moore in an email, said "The idea of growing veggies and donating the food to harvest hope was one that our entire sunrise team came up with. I just happened to be the lucky one to help get this project off the ground. It is not our intention to gain public favor for taking part in the community garden, but more so a goal that more gardens with similar intentions will sprout up around the midlands."

Edisto Design
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Edisto Courts Community Garden

The Edisto Court Garden is going through a redesign following a design by Matt Kip that includes mandala gardening. Two raised beds have been planted.

The design combines elements of organic gardening, permaculture and natural wooded habitat in three “zones”.

The first, and highest maintenance zone is closest to the road.  This zone features an arched entrance, wheelchair ramp, grape arbor “fence”, blueberries, strawberries and reseeding annuals such as zinnias and nasturtiums.  Raised garden beds and the garden’s centerpiece, a mandala garden are in this zone and will require the most care and attention.  Relocating the compost bins to this zone will simplify the movement of material through the composting cycle and into the garden.  A toolshed with a guttered roof and rainbarrel will create a local water source.

The second zone, with a boundary loosely defined by the peach and apple trees, is designed with an emphasis on permaculture and self-sustaining food production.  A series of swales and shallow channels dug along the garden’s contour lines will collect and distribute rainwater to the variety of plants in this zone. 

The third zone will be allowed to continue reverting to a natural wooded habitat with trails for access and enjoyment.

--Clint Wills (community gardener)