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Portland, OR
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will turn an overgrown area into a community garden featuring medicinal and edible plants. The accessible space will host educational workshops and give community members a place gather and socialize. In addition, produce from the garden will be donated to people in need.
Ketchikan, AK
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will add six raised beds to a garden plot and purchase plants to give older adults the opportunity to grow vegetables and flowers while receiving the physical and mental benefits of gardening.
Fulton, NY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: The grant will enable volunteers to create a community garden by planting flowers, weeding and watering garden plots and putting up colorful banners around a neglected gazebo.
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Chesapeake, VA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project installed various equipment and features to a community garden, including raised-bed boxes, planter benches, a modular trellis system, an outdoor sink and a rain barrel.
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