Westview Community Garden Chicken Coop

Chicken Coop

On Saturday, March 22, 2014, neighbors met at the Westview Community Garden on South Gordon Street to weed some garden beds, but more excitingly to put together a chicken coop acquired thanks to a donation by Random Acts. Children and adults worked together to put everything together. Next step – chickens!

Overall the community garden is looking at a promising year with three households starting seeds for the garden, the nearly completed garden shed that will double for a rain catchment purposes, and surrounding businesses eager to use spare vegetables grown in the garden. Volunteers are always welcome to help keep up the garden; community members meet up nearly every Saturday morning to work on the garden.

To view photos of the gardening day check out the photo gallery below or visit the Westview Facebook page.

Volunteers cleaning up the garden

March Community Garden Work Day Photos

On Saturday, March 1, 2014, neighbors and volunteers from outside the community came together to work on the South Gordon Community Garden.

Thanks to a Love Your Block grant Westview neighbors were able to fund a shed for the community garden. Neighborhood architects put together a fancy design and fellow neighbors handy with tools built the shed during the garden workday.

In the meanwhile the Atlanta Community Food Bank organized a group from the First Presbyterian Church of Salisbury, North Carolina, to come clean up the community garden and prepare it for the upcoming spring growing season.

To view photos of the garden work day view the photo gallery below (click “continue reading”) and to tag yourself in photos please visit our Westview Facebook page.

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Community Garden Workday

Date: Saturdays
Time: 9:30am to 12:00
Location: South Gordon Community Garden, 1439 South Gordon Street, Atlanta, GA 30310
Details: The Garden, Youth, and Membership Committees are partnering together for work days at the South Gordon Community Garden. Neighbors can rent their own garden bed or work with fellow neighbors in the community plots. Every Saturday morning this fall, weather permitting.

Kids Gardening

Kids Learn To Garden

Westview residents have created their own version of the “Big Brothers/Big Sisters” program. A few neighbors have taken several neighborhood children under their wing to help them with homework, spend dinners together around the kitchen table, and be there to generally support them and teach them every day tasks.

One of the recent projects was learning about gardening. The Westview Community Garden provided a few empty plots to the kids. They weeded the beds and planted vegetables which they will be able to proudly watch grow.

To view more photos of the community garden please visit our Westview Facebook page.

Community Garden Workday

Community Garden Work Day

During the past weekend another community garden workday was organized to perform general upkeep tasks like spreading mulch, mowing the lawn, and tackling the weeds. The hard work was celebrated with a lunch from the freshly picked vegetables.

Thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation the garden group was able to purchase the tools necessary for the upkeep of the garden.

To view more photos of the Westview Community Garden please visit our Westview Facebook page.

Community Garden

Property owner Mr. Mitchell has graciously provided an empty plot of land near the intersection of South Gordon Street and Ralph David Abernathy Blvd to the Westview Community Organization for use as a community garden. A group of neighbors tilled the land and set up plots in preparation for their garden. People interested in participating in the WCO community garden should email

info@westviewatlanta.com.

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