On Satuday, May 7th, as part of a day of service to mark the inauguration of the new Grinnell College president Raynard Kington, 10 college volunteers came to the Community Garden over the course of the morning. They weeded and mulched most of the garden pathways, moved and filled the new compost bin, and built a small herb bed. The mulch was free from the city brush dump and we used old issues of the Grinnell Herald Register newspaper (black and white printing is done with safe vegetable-based inks) underneath the mulch as another layer of cover to prevent weeds. Thanks to Emily Stanfield, Imagine Grinnell's current work study intern and future Non-Profit Apprentice, for leading the workday and for all the volunteers who participated on what turned out to be a beautiful, summer-like day. By bringing in groups of volunteers we can accomplish necessary, seasonal tasks like weeding and mulching with much less labor per person. Since the plan is for the Day of Service to be an annual event at the college, we hope the Community Garden can plan a regular set of activities around having a group of college volunteers in early May.
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