Summer Warmth
Our garden is in full swing!
Tag: Roselle Park
Planting & First Veggies
Students planted and mulched our garden. We’ve harvested lettuce, basil, garlic scapes, snow peas, and Swiss chard.
Roselle Park Community Garden members have invited us for a tour of their garden!
Did you know that Roselle Park has one of the biggest gardens in Union County?
This is only possible with the help of all its members, who rent out beds to grow a variety of different crops.
We can’t wait to continue to see its growth!
Roselle Park
Robert Gordon Elementary school has incorporated a Garden Mesh Netting for their plants to keep away the bugs and unwanted creatures. What a great idea! Using plant nets is a great way to keep plants safe from harsh weather conditions and provide frost protection. Using these nets helps you ensure that there are enough water and sunlight reaching the plant.
Thank you to all the staff and students involved in this garden.
Not only does Roselle Park Middle School have a beautiful garden, they also have incorporated a sensory garden!
A sensory garden is all about stimulating and engaging the five senses: sight, smell, sound, touch, and taste. One way in which this garden does this is by growing lavender.
Lavender has been around for over 2,500 years and is a common ingredient in topical applications and oils for aromatherapy.
Sherman Elementary school has given us a tour of their “Humble & Kind” Garden!
One of the distinguishing aspects of this garden is their introduction of their recycled hanging fence planters.
Not only are there aesthetically pleasing, but they are also a great way to make more room for plants when space is constricted.
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!
Sherman Elementary s one of many schools growing watermelons!
Did you know that seedless watermelons aren’t genetically modified? They’re actually a hybrid watermelon created by crossing a watermelon with 22 chromosomes with a watermelon with 44 chromosomes.
Members of the Roselle Community Garden alongside Council President Joseph Signorello Jr., First Ward Councilman Gregory Johnson, Fourth Ward Councilman Khanjan Patel, and Fifth Ward Councilman Jay Robaina have welcomed a variety of different plants to their borough!
One of those plants were none other than collards. Did you know that collards are an excellent source of vitamin? Collards provide us with vitamin K, vitamin A, manganese, vitamin C, calcium, vitamin E, vitamin B6, iron, and omega-3 fatty acids.
Union County Vice Chairwoman Kimberly Palmieri-Mouded joined Roselle Park Mayor Joseph Signorello III, Councilman Jay Robaina, and Superintendent Pedro Garrido at Roselle Park Middle School for a Kids Dig in Planting – another great example of our Plant a Seed Grant Program bearing fruit (pun 100% intended) in the Union County community.
