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Vol. 122, Issue 14
May 6, 2015
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DU Bridge Community Garden opens its gates
gusto kubiak | clarion
The new DU Bridge Community Garden is located on the corner of Race Street and Iliff Avenue and allows members of the DU community to grow their own produce.
Connor W. Davis Editor-in-Chief On April 25, a new DU community garden was introduced on the corner of Race Street and Iliff Avenue. The garden’s official name is University of Denver Bridge Community Garden, and it is replacing the old permaculture garden by Cherrington Hall and the Community Bridge Garden by Centennial Halls, which were both turned into construction sites over the past year. Jess O’Toole, a junior majoring in geography and international studies from South Bur-
lington Vermont, is one of the garden’s main organizers and is thrilled about the experiences that lie ahead. She’s the president of the Students for Sustainable Food (SSF) club at DU, and coordinates all of the student involvement in the garden. She is also part of the team that organizes the actual development and budgeting of the garden. “It can be difficult to eat healthy and buy organic for many people due to high food costs in grocery stores, and the garden is a great place to get this food on to your plate at [a much lower] cost,” said O’Toole. “It’s also a
good way to connect with what you are eating. The process of gardening teaches people what it takes to make the food we eat on a daily basis. It requires some effort to weed and water and plant, but not in an overwhelming way, and it is our hope that through the building of community people will help each other out when life gets busy and people need help maintaining their plots.” Despite the current excitement, O’Toole says it was not easy to make this all possible and she has received a lot of muchneeded help. “Funding is coming from
The Center for Sustainability, and The Sustainability Committee, which operates under USG,” said O’Toole. “The garden would really not be possible without this funding, and we very much appreciate the support we have received from both of these groups.” In addition to the funding, many people and groups on campus have lended a helping hand. O’Toole says she owes a big thank you to Chad King, DU’s University Sustainability Coordinator, who worked with DU to get permission to take over the space.
She also says the groups who have reserved plots have been crucial to the garden’s success. “32 of the 38 plots will go to members of the community, faculty included, and six are available to students and student groups,” said O’Toole. “Students for Sustainable Food has a plot, Sodexo has two plots, which will be maintained by SSF, a grad student group will have a plot and the other two plots will be raffled off to interested student groups next week in order to get the [greatest] amount of students involved as possible.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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