Downe Township Community Garden

Community Garden Update              May 2025

The Downe Township Community Garden located at the Fortescue Chapel provides fresh vegetables to township residents at no cost.  The garden currently has the following vegetables available for harvesting:

RADISHES     Pull entire plant out: leave greens in compost bin

KALE                Snip off INDIVIDUAL leaves from lower shoots; DO NOT PULL PLANTS!

LETTUCE        Snip or pinch off INDIVIDUAL leaves; DO NOT PULL PLANTS!

Later in the season TOMATOES, PEPPERS, CUCUMBERS, EGGPLANT and BUSH BEANS will be available.

 

We adhere to Environmentally Friendly Gardening Practices to include:

No synthetic pesticides

No synthetic herbicides

No synthetic fungicides

 

PLEASE HELP YOURSELVES AND REMEMBER…………..PICK A VEGGIE, PULL A WEED!