Where you'll be:
Located in the south Denver neighborhood of Platt Park, Harvard Gulch Park spans multiple blocks and is popular with residents for running and volleyball.
What you'll do:
Through our long-standing partnership with Grow Local Colorado, volunteers ages 6+ will spend the evening harvesting a vegetable garden and prepping it for winter at Harvard Gulch Park. Tasks will involve harvesting vegetables, weeding, and raking the soil.
Participants may have the opportunity to take home extra seeds, while supplies last! Volunteers may also have the opportunity to hand deliver some of the fresh produce to local area food banks and community aid organizations.
Why it's important:
The produce that VOC volunteers planted in the spring are now mature and ready to be donated to local organizations including food banks, homeless shelters, and families in need. By growing food locally, we reduce our carbon footprint by reducing the distance food has to travel, minimize water use, decrease soil erosion, and help develop a sustainable community.
Eligibility Requirements:
- Ages 6+
All youth under 16 must be accompanied by an adult 21 years or older.
Project Difficulty:
This project is considered easy, please check our difficulty rating criteria, here, for more details.
Please park on the east side of the park, along S Emerson St. The garden plot (and where we will meet for the project) will be in the northeastern corner of Harvard Gulch Park.
Accessibility Factors:
Public street parking available within a 5-10 minute walk to project site. This project is accessible via RTD public transit or bike!
