Sulzbacher garden dedicated at Jackson Square

How does your garden

grow? At the Sulzbacher
Center, it's a bumper crop pro
viding hands-on opportunities
for the center's residents and
children. The Sulzbacher
Center Community Garden
was officially dedicated last
month at the Garden at
Jackson Square — a commu
nity garden on Philips
Highway near River Oaks
Road.
The center dedicated nine
of the 19 garden beds to sus
taining donors of the center
during the March celebration.
"It was built completely
through donations from the
Jacksonville community," said
Sara Dougherty, development
director for the Sulzbacher
Center.
Local garden contributors
and volunteers include Celebrating the grand openingare John Wilbanks. SulzbacherCenter Board Memberand Chief Operating Officer at BaptistHealth,
AmeriCorps North Florida SulzbacherCenter BoardChairman John Arrowsmith, SulzbacherCenter Presidentand CEO Audrey Moran and Steve Cissel, FirstStar
Development and founder of the Garden at Jackson Square
Health Corps., Anything with
Plants, Clark's Trucking Inc of
Jax, Curry Thomas Hardware, Proctor Ace Hardware, support the center's meal pro and where our food comes

Jacksonville Zoo and

Standard Feed Company, grams. from."

Gardens, the Farmers at Stone Plus, Sun State Nursery The garden will also be A recent trip to the garden
Jackson Square, First Star and Landscaping Inc., Trad's used as a learning tool for included planting carrots and
Development, Florida Landscape and Garden Sulzbacher residents, especial lettuce in two of the beds set

Irrigation Supply, HabiJax Center, Turner Ace Hardware, ly the children," Dougherty aside for the center's chil

ReStore, J. Bruce Services, and Tom Turner. said. "The children will have dren's program, she said.
Paschal Brothers Hardware, Vegetables and herbs the opportunity to learn
grown at the garden will help hands-on about healthy eating 3R