Applications are being accepted for plots at the Community Garden at ELI.

Garden plots available

English Language Institute Community Garden accepting applications for plots

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9:33 a.m., March 6, 2015--The Community Garden at the University of Delaware English Language Institute invites members of the campus community, including faculty, staff, students and affiliates, to apply for garden beds for the 2015 growing season.

Beds of various sizes are available and prices range from $10 to $60, depending the length of the individual member’s growing season. 

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Garden enthusiasts of all experience levels are welcome. Garden participants will be expected to follow an organic, pesticide-free, and herbicide-free approach. 

There are still some plots left. Applications will be accepted until March 15, or when the last plot is taken.

The Community Garden at ELI, now in its fifth year, was launched by the Graduate Student Food and Garden Policy Committee as a project of the UD Sustainability Task Force. 

Located at 189 West Main Street, behind ELI, the garden’s mission is to increase understanding of organic gardening and food sustainability on campus. 

Collaborating with ELI instructors and international students, it also serves as a resource for language interaction and service learning opportunities within the Newark community.

From March to November, the Community Garden at ELI hosts monthly Saturday Garden Days for its community garden members and any others interested. The 2015 opening day is Saturday, March 21. Garden plot applicants must attend an orientation meeting on this day at 9 a.m. 

Visitors and volunteers are also welcome anytime between 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.

For more information, see the Facebook page or go to the Community Garden website.

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