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Community garden gives Hudson jump on Earth Day
By Jamie Larson
HUDSON — Hudson residents got an early jump on Earth Day Saturday, cleaning up and getting ready to plant at the Hudson Community Garden on the corner of Columbia and Second Streets.
Organizers say that the garden offers residents fresh home grown food and a sense of community.
The Garden recently received a $2,700 grant from the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation's Green Pasturers Fund, and will use that money to further improve the garden. The money will go toward the removal of a dead and dangerous tree on the plot, the purchase of fertilizer and supplies and possibly educational information.
This year's garden chairwoman Christina Malisoff, says the garden, which has been in Hudson since 1994, offers a trinity of important services to Hudson.
"In this difficult financial time, it's important to learn to grow your own food," she said, adding that around 80 percent of the garden is produce, "and in terms of ecology it's important to have green spaces like this in cities. And third, community; we have people of different socioeconomic backgrounds and different cultural backgrounds working together."
Hudson's diverse demographics are all represented at the garden, Hudson natives, New York City transplants, and members of the Haitian and Bangladeshi communities, who are bringing their own culture and native seeds to the garden.
"The women of the Haitian community work together here," Carline Murphy, who has used the garden to plant Haitian staples for five years, said. "They plant seeds they get from the island. It gives them a sense of home. It is truly a community garden.â€
Malisoff said while all the plots from last year are full, they try not to turn anyone away, and there is still some uncultivated spaces. “If people want spots they can create spots."
Amy Madden says she and her husband Christopher Quirk are only starting their second year utilizing the garden, but says the unique opportunity it offers city residents prompted them to get more involved. Quirk wrote the grant application for Berkshire Taconic and Madden is working with Malisoff to organize and manage the space. Madden says she hopes to steer the garden towards producing only organic produce, and hopes the grant can go towards organic fertilizers.
Madden says they are hoping to expand plots and involve more residents in the garden. She also hopes to begin an educational outreach program, teaching kids and adults about the value of healthy eating and growing in the community.
Organizers say that the garden offers residents fresh home grown food and a sense of community.
The Garden recently received a $2,700 grant from the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation's Green Pasturers Fund, and will use that money to further improve the garden. The money will go toward the removal of a dead and dangerous tree on the plot, the purchase of fertilizer and supplies and possibly educational information.
This year's garden chairwoman Christina Malisoff, says the garden, which has been in Hudson since 1994, offers a trinity of important services to Hudson.
"In this difficult financial time, it's important to learn to grow your own food," she said, adding that around 80 percent of the garden is produce, "and in terms of ecology it's important to have green spaces like this in cities. And third, community; we have people of different socioeconomic backgrounds and different cultural backgrounds working together."
Hudson's diverse demographics are all represented at the garden, Hudson natives, New York City transplants, and members of the Haitian and Bangladeshi communities, who are bringing their own culture and native seeds to the garden.
"The women of the Haitian community work together here," Carline Murphy, who has used the garden to plant Haitian staples for five years, said. "They plant seeds they get from the island. It gives them a sense of home. It is truly a community garden.â€
Malisoff said while all the plots from last year are full, they try not to turn anyone away, and there is still some uncultivated spaces. “If people want spots they can create spots."
Amy Madden says she and her husband Christopher Quirk are only starting their second year utilizing the garden, but says the unique opportunity it offers city residents prompted them to get more involved. Quirk wrote the grant application for Berkshire Taconic and Madden is working with Malisoff to organize and manage the space. Madden says she hopes to steer the garden towards producing only organic produce, and hopes the grant can go towards organic fertilizers.
Madden says they are hoping to expand plots and involve more residents in the garden. She also hopes to begin an educational outreach program, teaching kids and adults about the value of healthy eating and growing in the community.
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