This Saturday, April 18, there will be a Longfellow Creek Community Garden Spring Work Party from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Meet at 24th Avenue Southwest between Southwest Myrtle Street and Southwest Willow Street, just off Delridge, by the Home Depot.

Directions: From Delridge, turn West on to Southwest Myrtle then north onto 24th Avenue Southwest. Look for the “King Kong” fence mid-way up the street.

From the organizing group:

It’s that time again. The ground has finally warmed up enough (mostly) for planting and projects at the Longfellow Creek Community Garden. The quarter acre plot is ready to plant and spruce up for this year’s exciting growing season. Most of the spring crops are in the ground but there is plenty to do to revitalize, repair and prepare the garden for the late spring planting and for our new projects.

Bring your enthusiasm, willingness to work (get dirty) and prepare to meet your neighbors in a great day of community building.

Bring work gloves, hammers, shovels, forks, rakes and any other garden tools you have. Also, if you have any scrap wood suitable for repair and building projects, chicken wire, fencing, posts, poles, nails, wire, twine seeds or plants bring those along too! Anyone have a wood chipper? This is our community garden; let’s all work together to make this year’s harvest bountiful.

Project directors and garden mentors will be on site throughout the day to offer guidance, assistance and work side by side with volunteers and garden members. This is also a great time to meet the NEW Board of Stewards for Longfellow Creek Community Garden and learn about our goals and vision for the future of this important community project.

For more information, to volunteer or to become a member of Longfellow Creek Community Garden, please contact our Membership Director, Jason at lazylocavores@me.com.