Growing… - Community Foundation of Herkimer

When a neighborhood comes together to beautify, build
bonds and introduce youngsters to the magic of gardening,
good things blossom. That’s what’s happening on Kirkland
Street in Utica, in the Oneida Square Project Community
Garden.
Oneida Square
Project
Community
Garden
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An initiative of Cornerstone Community Church, the twostage
undertaking includes a garden with six raised beds —
cultivated and cared for by neighborhood families — along
with an adjoining green space being developed as
a safe area where kids can play while their parents tend
the garden. Community Foundation grants — the fi rst
from the B. Victor & Ruby Rogers de Iorio Memorial Fund
and a second from the Frank W. Baker Fund — have
supported the two phases of the project.
Mother nature still brings
the brightest smile to a
child’s face — seen here
as Jimmy Vo, Emanuel
Dehang, Gamela Kuwa
and Mariam Kuwa water
one of the flowerbeds
in the Oneida Square
Project Community
Garden. Blueberries and
herbs were also among
the garden’s first crop,
with an expanded line of
edible produce planned
for next season.
Brightening a Neighborh