Oaklawn

The Oaklawn Community Garden, a project of the Derby Recreation Commission, Derby Public Schools and local volunteers and businesses will allow community members and students to grow their own vegetables for use in meals they prepare, utilize the garden to teach students about where their food comes from and how food is grown and provide produce from the garden that will be donated to the community food bank to help feed those in need. If we receive this grant, we will use it to install raised beds and provide adaptive tools that to make the garden ADA Compliant. The grant will make this new garden inclusive and accessible to all students and community members, including those with disabilities. Currently people in wheelchairs or those with low mobility cannot help plant, nurture, or cultivate the vegetables in the garden. Having raised beds will make it possible for all of our students, community members and seniors to take part in the gardening experience.