Description
Start Date-End Date: 10/01/2019-10/01/2019
Land Manager Office: Grow Local Colorado
Land Manager Contact: Barbara Masoner
Funding Partner: Grow Local Colorado
Programmatic Partner: Grow Local Colorado
Summary: Harvest vegetable gardens with Grow Local Colorado! For volunteers 8+.
Description: About the Stewardship Site:
Located in the south Denver neighborhood of Platt Park, Harvard Gulch Park spans multiple blocks and is popular with residents for running and volleyball. The park is also home to the Harvard Gulch Recreation Center, which includes an outdoor pool and 9-hole golf course.
About the Volunteer Experience:
Looking for an easy way to get outside and give back to your community? Look no further! Through our long-standing partnership with Grow Local Colorado, volunteers ages 8+ will spend the evening harvesting vegetable gardens in Denver's Harvard Gulch Park. Grow Local maintained the gardens throughout the summer and VOC is returning to help harvest the vegetables, which will be donated to local residents in need.
About the Overall Impact
The vegetables that volunteers harvest will be donated to local food banks, homeless shelters, and families in need. This partnership with Grow Local Colorado creates a more connected community; demonstrates the beauty and efficacy of edible gardens; inspires residents to plant their own vegetable gardens; and contributes to a more sustainable food chain by reducing our carbon footprint.
Please Note: These evening gardening projects are very popular and have limited space. We ask that you please give others the chance to participate by signing up for just one gardening project this fall. Thank you!
Need-to-Know Details:
Minors:All youth under 16mustbe accompanied by an adult 21 years or older on single-day projects.
Cancellation:Our partners rely on VOC volunteers to accomplish critical stewardship needs, and our projects often have wait lists.If you need to cancel, please emailoutreach@voc.orgor call 303-715-1010 ext. 116 as soon as possible so we can free your spot for another volunteer and have a full workforce.
Latitude/Longitude: 39.6730 N, -104.9795 W
Additional Information:
Camping Available: No
Physical Difficulty: Easy
High Altitude Project: Yes
Desired Number of Volunteers: 8
Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 11
Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 0
Total Volunteer Days: 11
Total Unique Volunteers: 11
Total Volunteer Hours: 22
Staff Hours: 6
Stipend Hours: 0
Project Summary: 11 volunteers came out on October 1st to harvest Grow Local's largest and most successful garden plot. Volunteers were able to harvest 192 lbs of fresh produce that was donated to Denver Food Rescue. This was well over the 163 lbs that were needed to break the seasonal average of 946 lbs. After harvesting all the veggies, which included tomatoes, kale, chard, squash, peppers, volunteers worked on breaking down any remaining plant matter into compost bags then raking over the plot. The final step to putting the garden to bed was to plant winter rye and other cover crops that will help amend the soil over the winter months. At the end of the project, volunteers were treated to yerba mattes and chipotle gift cards as a thank you for their hard work.
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