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Community garden taking bloom at MIT

MIT's community garden has taken bloom on the roof of the West Garage and along the side of the Albany Street garage. In the pilot program's inaugural year, 32 community members participated with approximately 55 plots.

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MIT's community gardens, a pilot program spearheaded by MIT Police Sgt. Cheryl Vossmer and Libraries Administrative Assistant and Public Service Support Associate Ryan Gray, has taken bloom on the roof of the West Garage, seen here, and along the side of the Albany Street garage. In the program's inaugural year, 32 community members participated with approximately 55 plots - each consisting of one EarthBox, a low-cost, compact and water-efficient growing container about the size of a large suitcase. Despite a large amount of rain this summer, the gardeners have already harvested crops including tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, herbs and more.


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Community Gardens bloom at MIT

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Community Gardens bloom at MIT

Update on MIT's Community Gardens located on the roof of West Garage and along the side of the Albany Street garage.
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Library Assistant Carol Frederick tends to her personal box near the Albany Street garage
Credits - Patrick Gillooly

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This summer, vegetables, flowers and herbs will take the place of some of the cars and trucks atop MIT's West Garage as part of MIT's first-ever community garden. 4/8/2009

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