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Where you'll be:
Observatory Park is a small, yet spacious park near the University of Denver (DU) campus. Home to DU's historic Chamberlin Observatory, the park also boasts century-old trees, an extensive playground area, and vast open fields perfect for picnicking or a pickup game of frisbee.
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 Observatory 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.
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!
Please park on the west side of the park, along S Fillmore St. The garden plot (and where we will meet for the project) will be in the northwestern corner of Observatory Park.
