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Volunteer Gardeners Needed, No Experience Necessary
Adult volunteers are needed to work in the community gardens at Project Self-Sufficiency.
Project Self-Sufficiency seeks experienced or novice gardeners to volunteer in their community gardens during the spring and summer. Volunteer members of the agency’s “Sowing Circle” must be 18 years of age or older. They will work alongside experienced Master Gardeners to maintain vegetable gardens on the agency’s grounds. Responsibilities will include planting, mulching, weeding, watering and harvesting fruits and vegetables; interested volunteers must be available on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, from 9:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Produce from Project Self-Sufficiency’s five vegetable gardens is harvested daily and made available to agency participants throughout the summer. The gardens were made possible by longtime benefactor Frances Gould Naftal and a host of teen and adult volunteers, including representatives from the New Jersey Master Gardeners. Project Self-Sufficiency is located at 127 Mill Street in Newton.
To volunteer to work in the agency’s gardens, or to find out more about the programs and services available at Project Self-Sufficiency, call 973-940-3500 or 844-807-3500.
