South River lays seeds for community garden committee
By Olivia Bradbury, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
South River council wants to form a committee for a community garden, which it hopes to open this spring.
The garden will have a water source, a small storage shed, and garden beds. The beds will be built by Jonny Jessop, who is in charge of the Town’s water, sewer and general maintenance.
While council initially planned to build 10 garden beds, 15 residents have expressed interest in using the garden. At its April 8th meeting, council decided it would build 15 beds to meet the demand.
Council went on to discuss the idea of forming a garden committee. Deputy Mayor Melissa Hierlihy and councillors Pat Curran and Maggie Snow said they would be willing to get involved.
“The first thing, I think, is get a meeting off the ground,” said Curran. “See how much interest we’ve got. They can give us ideas. We can let them know this is new to us, but we want to bring it on as a council.”
Town clerk Marjorie Dawson remarked that residents might offer suggestions that councillors can bring to their next meeting.
“I think the (initial) meeting is really key, and in that meeting we need to get some people on board with different roles,” said Dawson.