The NPS Community Garden

A peak at the community garden established by folk from the National Park Service.  The location is on Route 209 heading towards Milford (up near the 7-mile marker).

You know that you're at the right spot when you see this roadside vegetable stand

The garden is surrounded by an electrified fence

The garden plots

another view of the garden

Tool shed with water supply

Garden beds being prepped for the season

More Garden Designs

Today we'll take a look at some garden designs that might take a bit more work, but which leave a lasting impression.

Rock wall raised beds

 

garden with pool

a novel use of railroad ties

Classic railroad tie raised bed

Raised beds with plank walkway

Community container garden plot with bicycle parking

planting a rock garden

a water feature in the garden

art in the garden

Community Garden Designs

Today we're taking a virtual tour of community garden features by looking at images found on the Internet.  Hopefully some of these pics will spark a design conversation:

garden with red mulch walkways

garden built with landscaping timbers

why bend?  just raise your garden.

both raised and un-raised beds

garden with a grass walkway

garden with a beautiful entranceway

garden with a plaza

a radial garden

garden with rock edging

elevated radial design

polygons instead of rectangles or squares

Future Site of Middle Smithfield's Community Garden

For those of you that haven't had a peek yet at the future site of Middle Smithfield's Community Garden, here are a few pics of the location:

Reporter Laurie Monteforte at the Coolbaugh Road garden site

Township Supervisor Mike Dwyer with the volunteers

The adventure begins...

Yes, there are a few rocks...

Smithfield Township's Community Garden

Sometimes inspiration can be found right around the corner.  Here's a look at neighboring Smithfield Township's Community Garden.  

The garden is well designed with 32 raised beds and a gravel walkway between the units.  Fencing surrounds the garden and is sufficiently sunk into the ground to keep out the groundhogs and rabbits.

The garden boasts its own outhouse, water supply, tool shed and beehives (with lots of available parking nearby).  Here's an overhead view of the garden and its immediate surroundings:

Some additional pics:

A gardener already hard at work...

A view of the tool shed

Garden entrance and water supply

Yes, it's an outhouse.