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Thanks to All for Another Wonderful Year
The Monmouth University Community Garden is pleased to announce that this year’s donated harvest results have surpassed all previous donations. The Community Garden, located at the corner of Beechwood and Brookwillow Avenues, is a membership garden where individuals and families “rent” a plot for the growing season (April – October) for $30 to grow their…
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Garden Tour Tuesday September 9th!
Come join us for a tour of the community garden next Tuesday, September 9th from 12 – 9. Join members of the garden steering committee and current members of the garden to see how the garden has grown. Take a tour and get information on how you can volunteer or join next season. Meet us…
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Harvesting and Sharing
Healthy organic fruits and veggies shouldn’t be a luxury. They are necessary for the body to function at its fullest capacity. This is one reason our MU Community garden has happily reserved many plots specifically for community donations. For four years now the MU Garden has donated literally tons, nearly nine thousand pounds, of fresh…
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Garden to Table Lecture Tomorrow!
Tuesday, August 19th, 5:30 pm Featuring John J. Murphy III Aramark Executive Chef at Monmouth University Bring your lawn chair and join us as John prepares a dish or two right in the garden using ingredients picked from our community garden plots. John is a graduate of New York Restaurant School and has worked in…
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Garden Chat
The Monmouth University Community Garden is happy to be a part of the historic West Long Branch community. As community garden members we feel that the garden is a wonderful addition to the neighborhood. Neighbors may become members of the garden and have a place to plant, harvest, share knowledge and give back to food…
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2014 Community Garden Season Blooms to Life Thanks to Home Depot!
The 2014 Monmouth University Community Garden is looking good folks! The rows are teeming with a variety of green and colorful life from flowers to lettuce and strawberries soon to be ripe. Many thanks for the advancement of the community plots must be given to one of our faithful sponsors – Home Depot of West…
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Learning from the Community in Community Gardening
There are many benefits to community gardening. For folks with limited outdoor space it provides a place to engage in a past time that connects you to nature and feeds your soul and body. For others, it is an opportunity to practice a skill lost in today’s supermarket culture. You grow what you eat so…
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Monmouth University Community Garden in the News
Sharing the Bounty – The Outlook http://outlook.monmouth.edu/index.php/news/1362-mu-helps-local-community-with-big-event http://outlook.monmouth.edu/index.php/news/1293-university-students-raise-awareness-for-world-hunger-at-community-garden
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Celebrating the Earth – With a Garden!
Spring is finally here! For gardeners the arrival of spring means planting, nurturing and tending the earth. And for the Monmouth community gardeners it means our 4th annual kick off! The garden plots are assigned, tilled and ready for planting. In celebration of earth week, on April 26th from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., we…