For the second year in a row, The Bodine Street Garden wins a first place prize in the 2009 City Gardens Contest for the Vegetable Gardens category.

The NGA awards grant money to the Bodine Street Garden to have a path professionally installed.

We used donated concrete pavers and reclaimed materials to create a path that was professionally built, but still keeps the spirit of the garden.

Garden path before and after

The Bodine Street Garden wins a first place prize in the 2008 City Gardens Contest in the Community Vegetable Garden category.

Kira & Kim with our ribbon at the 2008 City Gardens Contest gala

This morning at 10 AM, Terry Mushovic signed the papers at the Redevelopment Authority for the transfer of 939-941 South 3rd Street to the Neighborhood Gardens Association on behalf of the gardeners. Now the Bodine Street Garden is permanently preserved!

The garden property is officially in the hands of the Redevelopment Authority!! The RDA will have a lease agreement with the Neighborhood Gardens Association until they can transfer the property to the NGA in the Fall.

The deadline to use our grant money is in June 2006. DiCicco’s office assured us the garden purchase is a done deal and it is safe to go ahead and use the money for improvements. So far we got a water line from the city and the very damaged sidewalk on 3rd Street fixed.