Front from left, student volunteers Shelley Edwards, Angelo Ferrante, and Jeremiah Johnson work to get Roane State’s Community Garden ready for its next crop. Food grown in the garden is donated to local charities. In back from left, Roane State President Chris Whaley and alumni relations director Tamsin Miller also pitch in. (Photo by RSCC)
Volunteers are invited to assist with the Roane State Community Garden, located near the college’s main campus in Harriman.
An informational meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 28, at 4:30 p.m. in the Walden Ridge Conference Room on the main campus. The conference room is located within the student lounge.
The garden is open to everyone in the community along with all Roane State students and employees. Expert farmers and beginners are welcome.
Half of the bounty from the garden is donated to local charities to help feed the needy. In addition to working with others to plant, maintain, and harvest the group garden, there will be individual plots available for volunteers’ own growing experience. There are a limited number of individual plots available, and they will be allotted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Workshops and classes will be scattered throughout the gardening season to help new gardeners.
For more information, contact Shelia Hicks at hickss@roanestate.edu or visit the community garden Facebook page at facebook.com/RSCCcommunitygarden.
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