JACKSON, Wyo. — Jackson’s community gardens are beginning to take root for the summer season.
Vegetables such as peas, kale, lettuce, carrots, radishes and more, as well as flowers and berries can all be grown in the town’s organic gardens, which are insecticide and fertilizer free.
According to Slow Foods, the Slow Food Community Gardens Program provides gardening opportunities for people without home gardens, cultivates green space, builds community, increases access to fresh and healthy food and acts as a living classroom for growers of all ages.
This year, the program includes a total of 150 plots and over 175 gardening households at the three community gardens in Jackson Hole, which include May Park Garden, Blair Garden and the Garden at the Grove.
The Community Gardens Program provides weekly vegetables and flowers to Hole Food Rescue, Sage Living Center and other community organizations during the months of July through September.
The May Park community garden was built in 2015 on Town of Jackson land donated by the May family, and is now in its 10th growing season, according to Slow Foods.
If interested in a future garden plot, sign up here for the waitlist. The wait time is approximately two to three years.
