In the mood to put on your volunteer gloves this weekend? On Saturday, you’re invited to join this month’s work party at the Maple Leaf Community Garden, 529 N.E. 103rd St.
“The public park in the garden needs weeding, ” says Cyndy King, a member of the Maple Leaf’s community garden leadership committee. “It would be wonderful to get more people out there.”
The park includes plots that are part of the city’s P-Patch program, as well as a public park that anybody is invited to walk through.
“I think a lot of people don’t know it’s there or realize it’s a public park,” King said, touting the art that adorns the park and the trees in the public portion whose fruit is free for the taking.
The committee is organizing work parties on the third Saturday of every month this summer: July 16, Aug. 20 and Sept. 17. And although the scheduled time is from about 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., King adds that if you can only stay for an hour, that’s fine. At least that way you’ll know what the weeds look like, so “if you’re ever walking through the park and see a weed, you can pull it,” she says.
If you’d like to volunteer, you can just show up this weekend or on any of the other designated days, or call King for more information at 206-522-4299. All you need to bring is yourself: The group will provide work gloves and other tools, as well as refreshments.
