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Seedlings provided by Groundwork Elizabeth are growing nicely!
ADA-compliant raised garden bed filled with blooming plants at Hanson Park.
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Cranford
The Growing Season Has Begun at Hanson Park
Hanson Park Conservancy is grateful for the seedlings from Groundwork Elizabeth for our ADA planter.
We are growing cucumbers, peppers, rosemary, eggplant, kale and dill.
Our volunteers check on it daily to water and weed.
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The Art of the Garden Bed
The students carefully placed each plant into the soil, making sure to leave enough space between them so they will have room to grow.
They then watered the garden bed to give the plants a good start to grow! We know that we won’t see results overnight, but we are excited to watch the tiny sprouts grow into the plants and flowers they will bloom into!
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Volunteer harvesting our raised bed
Ryan Smith and other volunteers maintained our bed throughout the summer. Ryan gathered the produce and delivered to the local Cranford pantry, Cranford Family Cares.
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2025 Initial Plantings
HPC received plants from the Microfarm in Elizabeth. It’s the start of our growing season.
Zinnias and Squash
Zinnias are reaching to the sky and the squash is growing a trail to leave Hanson Park.
Raised Bed at Hanson Park
Progress of plantings along with sign-in sheet for volunteers to record weeding and watering.
Commissioner Kowalski joined members of Hanson Park Conservancy for the County’s first ADA garden bed planting!
ADA garden beds are meant to make gardening easier and accessible for everyone, regardless of limitations. We can’t wait to see how members of this community are impacted by this new installation and the progress that this will make in all of the member’s future plantings!
Thank you to all who participated and made this possible.
Livingston Avenue School staff and students have welcomed a brand new pollinator garden to their school!
Did you know that most native bees are solitary? They are known for laying eggs in tiny tunnels in dead trees, fallen branches, hollow stems, or in sandy soil. For that reason, it is encouraged to add logs and bare patches of sandy soil to your gardens as a means of attracting pollinators to your garden.
