On Dec. 2, 2013, Robert Kimball introduced Danny Reicker of the Community Garden Group Project at Sussex Regional High School. The garden was established, along with an orchard, along Leonard Drive near the High School to improve on the visual aesthetics of the area and school property...
Danny provided the club members with a presentation on the reasons behind the garden and about the group's objectives and goals:
- Fresh produce for the needs of the Sussex Club
- Sixteen fruit-bearing trees planted along Leonard Drive
- Constructed in community spirit and building relationships
- Improve the visual aesthetics on Leonard Drive
- Provide lessons in agriculture and cooking to those involved
- Encourage help from the community providing donations, and in-kind service used to construct the garden.
- The garden provided over 1300 pounds of carrots, 1500 pounds of fresh vegetables and many hundreds of pounds of new potatoes.
- Many donors came on board in year one, with over 15 private sponsors participating in year one.
Donna Gilchrist thanked Danny for the interesting presentation on the Sussex Regional High School Community Garden Project.