CGC Gardens Get a BIG Boost From ForColumbia Volunteers!

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April 27th was a great day for two of the gardens that operate under the Community Garden Coalition (CGC) umbrella! ForColumbia, a volunteer service group organized by several of Mid-Missouri’s Christian churches under the leadership of Shelly Mayer (The Crossing), showed up in big numbers at the Windsor Street Montessori School and Unite4Health Community Garden to get things done! 

Windsor Street Montessori needed the grounds cleaned up and made more child-friendly, while Unite4Health, a city-owned garden, desperately needed deer fencing. The deer fencing materials were purchased with grants to the CGC from the Veterans United Foundation and Walmart, along with additional funds from ForColumbia. Installing the deer fencing took months of preparation because the garden sits on top of the old Nowell’s grocery store parking lot! Two incredible volunteers from ForColumbia, Tim Leibovich and J.P. Watson made it happen against all odds. What a wonderful organization that benefits so many people and non-profits around Columbia!

Volunteers clear vegetation and move a pile of sand in front of the Windsor Street Montessori school.
ForColumbia volunteers at Windsor Street Montessori School.
Many volunteers from ForColumbia are putting up a tall fence of plastic netting at Unite4Health Community Garden.
Several volunteers from ForColumbia are helping put up a tall fence of plastic netting to prevent deer from getting into Unite4Health garden.
ForColumbia volunteers installing deer fencing at Unite4Health Community Garden.