Middlefield Community Garden Thriving

Information via Eversource

MIDDLEFIELD, CT — Behind the Middlefield Community Center is a beautiful, gated garden filled with flowers, plants and vegetables. The garden is managed by volunteers in the community and all the food grown is given to local soup kitchens, senior centers, and residents who can’t afford to buy fresh organic produce.

Besides volunteers, donations are also needed to keep the garden growing. Eversource is happy to have contributed to the garden.

“This is a great joint effort between the towns of Durham and Middlefield,” said Middlefield’s First Selectman Ed Bailey. “The garden is doing great for its first year.”

“We try to grow what’s in season for people,” said Giving Garden Manager Jennifer Huddleston. “We’re excited to have businesses like Eversource support us and help our town. It really means a lot to us.”

Vegetables growing in the garden this summer include tomatoes, zucchini, yellow summer squash, red peppers, beets, Italian pole beans, and more. The garden also has plants and flowers like bee balm, butterfly milkweed, phlox, and cone flowers.

“This garden is so impressive, and it’s all because of the dedicated volunteers. We knew we wanted to be part of that,” said Eversource Community Relations Specialist Pat Bandzes. “We’re proud to give back to the neighborhoods where we work and live.”

If you’d like to volunteer, you can join a garden supervisor Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon. To get more information about the garden please email CTGivingGarden@gmail.com.