Community Garden continues to flourish

Earlier in the week I wrote an article about the community garden started up by two Pitzer College students and Fresh Start Ministries on the site of the former Linda Vista School.

Well, Richard Hernandez, executive director of Fresh Start Ministries tells me their organization have since received numerous calls from residents throughout the city, including Claremont, that are interested in participating.

If you recall, the group is also looking to start additional community gardens at two other sites in the city, and Hernandez said he hopes to get those individuals involved.

"We'd like to educate the community and to get them to take charge of their own community garden," he said.

On Wednesday, Hernandez said he spoke to about 100 parents at a Ontario Montclair School District meeting about the community gardens. Many of the parents also expressed interest, he said.

Hernandez said he hopes to launch the second site in as little as two weeks.