Commissioner Leon joined residents of Scotch Plains for a tour of their community garden.
One of the interesting plants growing in this garden are none other than marigolds! Marigolds range in colors. They can be orange, red, maroon, yellow, and even mixed colors!
Chairman Granados and Commissioner Kowalski joined students and staff of Linden Public Schools, School No. 4 for a demonstration of their amazing STEM program incorporated to their school garden!
Most of the gadgets created were those to measure the amount of sunlight and rain that their plants received as well as their very own hydroponic garden built from common household materials.
Thank you to the students and staff for all these amazing ideas and products!
Union County Commissioner Chairman Sergio Granados joined members from Reeves Reed Arboretum in Summit for a tour of their Children’s Square Foot Garden and beautiful facility.
Not only does Reeves-Reed Arboretum care for and educate its visitors on its historic estate and gardens, it also gives back to the community through crop donations and cooking classes to kids with special needs, among some of the amazing programs they have to offer!
Thank you to the staff for an amazing tour.
Union County Commissioner Chairman Sergio Granados attended the Community Garden Tour at the Hillside Township Garden. This has to be by far the garden with the biggest sunflower we have ever seen!
Can’t wait to see next years.
Union County Commissioner Chairman Sergio Granados attended the garden tour at Prevention Links / Elizabethport Community Center in Elizabeth.
This garden is used to teach the effective methods of planting a garden at home and was a Garden Enhancement Grant recipient for our 2023 Union County Means Green Community Garden Grant Program.
Thank you for a wonderful day of planting.
Union County Commissioner Chairman Sergio Granados attended the garden tour at Battle Hill Elementary School in Union. Produce is being donated to Plainfield pantry for residents to enjoy.
In addition, students are air frying radish and making chips as a healthier meal option. This garden was a garden enhancement recipient for the 2023 Community Garden Grant. Thank you to the staff and students for an amazing day of harvesting!
Union County Commissioner Chairman Sergio Granados joined staff and preschoolers of the Five Points Branch YMCA for a tour of their garden!
Here, students and staff planted a variety of plants including but not limited to sunflowers, squash, and eggplants. Thank you for having us!
Thanks to the Union County Means Green Community Garden Grant, the Roselle Park Environmental Commission was able to replace some of our old wooden raised beds, and the seedlings have helped us grow well over 100lbs of organic produce in our community beds for distribution to the community!
Today we joined Richmond Towers, Plainfield for a second tour of their garden. What a difference! Richmond Towers now has over 15 different plants in their garden. One of the most interesting crops to be growing at Richmond Towers is none other than corn! Who would have thought?
We want to thank the Richmond Towers garden club and staff for inviting us to see their harvest for the year. We are so excited to see the garden expand even more!
Thank you to the staff and volunteers of Josephine’s Place for the wonderful tour of their garden! We cannot wait to see what’s next for this amazing garden!
