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charitable and educational not-for- profit corporation founded in 2010 by Lee County residents Bernard Pino and Andrea Guerrero. A raised labyrinth contains separate beds, used as a com- munity garden, as well as a food bank. The garden hosts interactive classes and workshops.
Lakes Park Community Garden In association with Lee County Parks and Recreation, Lakes Park Community Garden is the first phase of the formal Lakes Park Botanic Garden and has 69, four-by-eight-foot raised garden beds with annual rental fees of $50 each. Proceeds benefit the Lakes Park Enrich- ment Foundation. Community citizens are required to sign an agreement to uphold the regulations of the garden, including restrictions on the use of pes- ticides and fertilizers; pledge to main- tain the community garden plot; and attend a quarterly meeting. Gardeners
supply their own tools and plants. Roy Beckford, a Florida agriculture and natural resources agent in Lee County, offers a variety of courses in best prac- tices for good yields from the garden plots. Sixteen beds are still available.
Park Place 717
The 2010 Naples Park Community Garden project has blossomed into Park Place 717, with 30, four-by-10- foot plots available for a $25 member- ship fee. Terry Kays, who oversees the project, advises that eight plots are already planted and that two beds are handicapped-accessible.
Roots Heritage Garden Founded by Fort Myers resident Yvonne Hill, the Roots Heritage Garden helps the poor and homeless by teaching them to grow fruits and vegetables, so they can eat more healthfully and learn to be self-sufficient. Gardeners are able to sell what they grow at an onsite farmers’ market.
Unitarian Universalist
Children’s Garden This organic vegetable, herb and fruit garden, located at the Unitarian Universalist Church, in Fort Myers, is intended primarily for the church com- munity, but is available for anyone else interested in gardening.
Garden at Eden Organic Farm, 2801 County Barn Rd., Naples. Contact John Puig at Garden at Eden, EdenFlorida. org. Also visit John
Puig.com or Face- book page Garden@EdenForAutism. See ad, this page.
Happehatchee Center, 8791 Corkscrew Rd., Estero. Call 239-206-4393 or visit
Happehatchee.org. See ad, page 65.
Heartland Gardens, 16836 McGregor Blvd., Fort Myers. Call Andrea Gurrero at 239-689-4249 or visit Heartland
Gardens.org.
Lakes Park Community Garden, Lakes Park, 7330 Gladiolus Dr., Fort My- ers. Call 239-533-7575 and visit
LakesParkEnrichmentFoundation.org.
Park Place 717, 717 98th Ave. N., Naples. Contact Terry Kays at 239-207- 7971 or
TdKays@gmail.com.
Roots Heritage Garden, Cultural Heri- tage Center/Southwest Florida Enter- prise Center, 3903 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Fort Myers. Contact Yvonne Hill at 239-464-9925 or YD-
Hill2424@yahoo.com.
Unitarian Universalist Children’s Garden, 13411 Shire Lane, Fort Myers. Contact Andrea Grace at 785-317-6586.
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