Results tagged “Calimesa Community Garden” from Yucaipa Now

Calimesa Community Garden supporters and organizers held a groundbreaking, Tuesday, at the future site of the garden on land owned by the Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church on Avenue L that the church is donating for the use of the garden.

CALIMESA - Isaac Kim stood on the fertile ground of the 4.7 acres of land on south Avenue L that the Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church owns. The land lies unused, but in the near future, he envisions this patch of yellow stubble being transformed into a flourishing vegetable and herb garden in which the entire community can partake of its bounty.

As the Acting Senior Pastor of the church, Kim says that the church is pleased to offer part of the land for a useful and much-needed community project in Calimesa - a community garden.

"We are excited about this," Kim said. "This is all part of neighbors wanting to be good neighbors. This is what a church should be doing in a community. This is a wonderful bonding and sharing with our neighbors."

CALIMESA - The Calimesa Community Garden committee will hold a meeting on Thursday, May 21 at 5:30 at Morgan's Creek Nursery.

To date, the committed has fundraised over $2,000 to pay for a water meter that must be installed at the community garden located on Avenue L between Third and Fourth streets, said Dennis Morgan, who has helped organize the drive for a community garden.

The Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church has generously donated the land for the community garden to use.

However, before the first seeds and plants can enter the ground, the garden committee must raise $8,000 to pay for the cost of the meter assessed by the South Coast Mesa Water Company.

And on Tuesday, May 26 at 9 a.m., the Calimesa Community Garden Groundbreaking Ceremony will be held at the garden located on Avenue L between Third and Fourth streets in Calimesa on the lot directly across from the Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church.

For more information, call Dennis Morgan at (909) 795-2049 and also visit the following websites to learn more about the community garden.

Morgan's Creek Nursery

Calimesa Community Garden

CALIMESA - The organizers of the Calimesa Community Garden project are hosting a "Dig the Community Garden Kick Off," fundraiser on Saturday and Sunday, April 18 and 19, at Morgan's Creek Nursery.

Visitors can learn more about the community garden and make donations toward nursery items in which the proceeds will go toward the garden project to pay for such expenses as the installation of a water meter.

The purpose of starting a community garden are to strengthen our sense of community, provide locally grown produce, serve as a learning lab for churches and schools, strengthen neighborly ties, and help provide for needy families.

On Saturday the event runs from 8 to 5 p.m., and on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

For more information call Dennis Morgan at (909) 795-2049.

To learn more about the Calimesa Community Garden project, visit www.morganscreeknursery.com and www.calimesacommunitygarden.org.

Morgan's Creek Nursery
381 W. County Line Road
Calimesa, CA 92323
(909) 795-2049

CALIMESA - It was the kind of weather a gardner would like, overcast and raining. Just right for putting moisture in the soil and sprouting up plants.

And that was pretty much the idea behind the second meeting of about 35 community organizers on a rainy, overcast Tuesday night at Morgan's Creek Nursery in Calimesa:

Let's get us a community garden and start planting.

CALIMESA - I called Morgan's Creek Nursery and spoke with Janet Morgan. The meeting is still on for tonight at 5:30 to discuss the feasibility of starting a Calimesa Community Garden.

If it is raining, indoor accommodations will be provided - so come and attend.

Morgan's Creek Nursery
381 W. County Line Road
Calimesa, CA 92320
(909) 795-2049

(Morgan's Creek Nursery is located south of County Line Road between Third and Fourth streets.)