The Oliver neighborhood received a late summer gift from Project Orange Thumb -- a brand new community garden.
In a collaboration between Fiskars, Home Depot and the City of Baltimore, orange shirted volunteers from Fiskars, Home Depot, the EPA, TheMTA and city agencies came together last Thursday to create a green space where formerly there was nothing but a vacant lot.
Nationally know gardener, Joe Lamp'l, joined the volunteers directing the planting of trees, hundreds of vegetables and 250 annuals and perennials in the garden's raised beds in just one day.
Bounty from the garden will be donated to local charities and needy families. The Oliver green space was the last Project Orange Thumb garden for the 2009 season. The organization will begin accepting applications for 2010 this fall.
Writer: Walaika Haskins
Source: Project Orange