Garden needs your help

Remember when the city was in the running for a $10,000 park/playground grant? The reward was one big popularity contest. Kaboom! asked fans to pick their favorite project and whoever got the most online votes, got the money. Rancho Cucamonga came in second and won $7,500.

    
The community garden that Dee Matreyek is starting up is also in the running for a $10,000 grant. Matreyek, the former first lady of this city, is calling it the Root 66 Community Garden. It's located on a Southern California Edison corridor near Foothill and Day Creek boulevards.

The Rain Bird Corporation, an Azusa-based manufacturer of irrigation products, is offering $51,000 worth of grant money as part of its Intelligent Use of Water Awards program. The Root 66 garden stands to win $10,000. It's currently ranked 14 and needs your vote. Click here.

Participants can vote 10 times a day every day. The winner will be announced on March 22, which is World Water Day.