Camp St. Comm. Gardens

We Are Growing On Camp Street!  @  190 1/2 Camp St, 02906 in a reclaimed urban backyard - since 2005!

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Two Months left in RI season - here are the LARGE VEG BED plots, the SMALL VEG BEDS, and our PERENNIAL BED. Also seen: mural, compost corral,  

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WE PLANTED our beds over the last weeks of May ...here are some bits from the first couple of days when the roots were spreading out and the plants were cozying up to our nice dirt beds.

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The perennial bed, cut in and planted the last full week of May 

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want to find out more?

[email protected] can help you with your questions

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Streetside planters around our plane trees, path to backyard and reclamation of the stump.

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... something enjoyed the whole back row [of greens].

Camp St gardener on the virtue of wire fencing

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PLANTING WEATHER! Finally here; keep checking back frequently, as things are apt to start going in the ground very, very quickly.

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OUR BEDS are full of dirt - thank you to all the volunteer crews who helped make this happen this week. These beds will sit and get cultured and stabilized for 7 - 10 days. sheet mulching will keep our glass down while providing plenty of room for roots.

NEXT WEEK WE START PLANTING - hooray!

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Beautiful.

volunteer Zack P. remarks on our freshly-filled raised beds

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T-MINUS THREE WEEKS: big workday, brought in ~8 yards of wood chip mulch, removed brush pile (finally!) and filled in organization and planning, Fenced in planters out front and getting ready to sheet compost our beds starting next weekend, when we send a crew to pick up soil.

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T - MINUS 4 WEEKS  Our raised beds are receiving more TLC before we lay down some urban agriculturalist recommended glass barriers (cardboard and compost sheets in layers) and fill with soil.  Also, a photo of our compost heap, which is really, really satisfying to behold!

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Our mural - signed by the artists

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We have the technology ...!

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The first little plot, cleared out in a corner of a larger bed, sowed with 7 rows of mixed autumn greens and volunteer squash’n’tomato from the compost pile. Nicknamed “Proof of Concept I” and photos shown from mid Sept. 2015

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Our Garden’s Got a History...

... the backyard at Camp Street Community Ministries has been a garden since at least 2005, when a local high school class painted a mural on the brick wall at the back of the building. The garden was apparently productive as recently as 2011/12, when the Eagle Scouts and other volunteers were planting. The gaps in our story will hopefully be filled in as we grow along.

The resuscitation of the gardens this past Spring, 2015, began with a couple of volunteers from the Community Ministries’ food pantry. Clearing refuse and waste from the yard and reclaiming land from pest plants was followed by the construction of mulch and compost pens and drums, restoration of planting bed structures, and general “sprucing-up” of the grounds. Soil rehabilitation continues to be the biggest need at the space, with a scant 16 sq. ft. cleared of glass and stones, cultivated and nourished, out of an available combined bedding area of 250 sq. ft. The unused space in the yard can easily accommodate a multitude of additional beds.

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Email or Call to Volunteer!

Get in touch to talk about signing up for grow-to-eat plots or to take part in an upcoming garden work day. 

You can talk to Gregory at [email protected], or call five Se7en four 387 82*91