The Florida Department of Health in Polk and the Lake Wales Community Redevelopment Agency are partnering to develop a community garden.
The Grove Community Garden will be located at 315 Dr. MLK Blvd., across the street from Grove Manor public housing. It will supply fresh produce to residents in the Northwest Neighborhood.
“We really want to address the food insecurity within the Northwest area, but we also want to make this a destination spot. So, we’ve designed this to have raised planters. There’s going to be a fruit orchard and gazebo,” said Cheryl Baksh, Lake Wales Community Redevelopment Agency specialist.
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