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Fast Facts:
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Address: 32nd and Zinnia
Golden, CO
Neighborhood: Applewood
Number of plots: 24
Average size of plots: 10 x 13
Year founded: 2007
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Contact
Denver Urban Gardens
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303-292-9900.
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Applewood Community Garden
Applewood Community Garden is located at
Applewood Community Church in Golden, CO. The
neighborhood has a rural feel, and was once considered a
“bread basket for Denver.”
2008 Community Events:
Why We Love Our Garden:
Weed and Feed Workday and
Potluck
Evening of June 11th
Evening of June 11th
Ice Cream Social
Evening of July 9th
Weed and Feed Workday and Potluck
Evening of August 13th
Harvest Social and Clean-up
October 11th
Getting Applewood Community Garden started
was truly a community effort. Church members, youth,
members of the local business community, Parks and Recreation,
and
many more worked together to make
this garden a reality.
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Now the tidy garden draws locals to stop in
and stroll through the 24 plots, which have been bordered with
mostly donated cedar timbers.
The gardeners transformed a rather plain
lot next to the Applewood Community Church into a beautiful
space, including 16 flowering shrubs for the neighbors to
enjoy, and an alle of Six Autumn Purple Ash trees and six
Chanticleer Pear trees. One gardener, Christina Forsyth,
even learned the metalworking skills to design and build the
intricate sign on the trellis entry.
There has been an abundance of enthusiastic
gardeners, many of whom were willing to share the 24 plots so
that everyone has had an oppurtunity to participate.
Local newspapers have given the garden
visibility, reporting on how great their work has been for the
community.
