Get your fresh veggies on this Summer in Staunton Virginia at
Jones Garden. An inspirational Community Garden that sells reasonably priced produce grown onsite. You can even volunteer in the garden and be credited produce for your efforts. It's a great way to dig in the dirt if you don't have a plot of your own or meet like minded civic oriented friends that want to make available delicious fresh organic food to all income levels.
The lush garden is the brainchild of Naomi Jones who often can be found in the garden. Her artistic sister, Sarah, designed the colorful and well thought out space. Many other members of the Jones family helped bring the city plot to life by building large walls and planter boxes. This is only the second season of food production for the garden and one would think such an accomplishment would have taken many more years to develop. The work that has gone into this effort is quite amazing to see.
Produce sales are open to anyone in the community and are held weekly beginning May - October, Friday 3 pm - 6 pm and Saturday 9 am - 1 pm. Greens, tomatoes, beans, onions, herbs, and many other crops are grown in this relatively small area. Freshly grown onsite so the selection will change as the season progresses. Small plot / healthy high production!
Educational seminars are also scheduled from time to time, visit their
Instagram page for all announcements.
The elderly can sign up for garden food delivery while aiding
Jones Garden in their composting efforts. Collect compostable food scraps and
exchange them for veggies!
Runners are encouraged to help support the garden by running in the Nourishing Strides 5K on Saturday May 28. Pre-registration required no later than May 1.
The garden location was selected to target the surrounding senior population which is high in this previously neglected area of the City. Staunton is so fortunate to have
this beautiful green space available to its citizens! This garden is a gift to the community and it takes a special person to give it all they have. I applaud Naomi and her worker bees.
Support the garden in some way, RUN - GARDEN - SHOP!
It's all good.
~Rebecca
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