Bridgewater Community Gardens Network (BCGN)
Hodge Podge Garden, Incredible Edible Bridgewater (IEB), Edible Trees Bridgewater (ETB), The Bees' Needs Pollinator Garden (BNPG)
Record #:
TOB0094
Last Modified:
01 Dec 2020
Last Full Update:
01 Dec 2020
Location
| Located In | Bridgewater |
| Where To Find Us | Aberdeen Green Park Elm & Aberdeen |
| Areas Served | Bridgewater ; Lunenburg County |
Contact
| Website | www.bridgewater.ca/parks-recreation-and-culture/hodge-podge-community-garden.html |
| communitygardens@bridgewater.ca | |
| Phone | 902-543-2274 |
| Contact | Chris Sanford, Community Gardens Coordinator, Bridgewater Community Gardens Network (BCGN) |
| Alternate Contact | Town of Bridgewater Parks, Recreation and Culture; Phone: 902-543-2274; Email: recreation@bridgewater.ca |
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Description & Services
| Information | The BCGN offers all citizens in Bridgewater the potential to grow their own healthy food within their neighbourhoods, thus increasing food security, self-reliance and sustainability.
Through shared experiences involving gardening, food and celebration, Bridgewater’s social capital is increased. The individual, intergenerational and intra-community relationships are nurtured through these activities. The BCGN provides ways for the community to get hands-on education and experiences in gardening, food production, and related activities and achieves these outcomes by working according to its Core Values and the goals and principles of the Integrated Community Sustainability Plan.
We have our beloved first project, the Hodge Podge Community Garden, at the corner of Elm & Aberdeen in the Aberdeen Green Park. New gardeners always welcome.
Interested in being involved? Please be in touch!
Our latest project is The Bees' Needs Pollinator Garden located at the bottom of the hill in Aberdeen Green Park. Food production is being threatened by the destruction of bees and other creatures that pollinate plants. This garden is our effort to educate the public on the need to reverse the effects of pesticides, invasive species and habitat destruction. Our pollinator garden provides pollination services to the Hodge Podge garden and the adjacent property owners.
All of these initiatives are supported by the Town of Bridgewater and are the result of
Volunteers, and local businesses partnering to make our community more vibrant,
inclusive and Edible.
We encourage you to participate in one or many projects this year.
You’ll learn from local experts and gain valuable skills, make some friends, and best of all, strengthen our community.
We are seeking new members for various committees and core team activities. |
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