Garden of Cedar End of Year News

The Garden of Cedar’s third year of operations has come to a close. A highlight of the 2025 season was that the Garden and its annex were able to provide fresh homegrown vegetables to over 100 urban families lacking outdoor space to garden. This was made possible in part because 10 truckloads of compost were donated during the spring, providing vital soil nutrients. Special thanks to the Lackawanna County Recycling Center for this valuable gift. This past summer the Indigo Spoon Foundation was back on site with their popular summer lunch program for children. Once again, employees of Citizens Savings Bank dedicated their harvest to the neighborhood community.

The Garden was also pleased to offer Mother Nature’s lesson of the birds and the bees when early spring brought two bluebirds, who courted and built their nest. Soon thereafter the nest was populated with 5 eggs. For 18 days the female bluebird sat on the eggs, while the male delivered nourishment to her. All five eggs hatched! Twenty-one days later 5 young bluebirds emerged from the nest to begin their lives in the wild. The entire event was captured on video and shared on the Garden’s Facebook page to a wide audience. Not to be outdone, the bees made their presence known during the summer as they traveled from flower to flower pollinating the Garden’s vegetables. Click here to find the Garden’s Facebook.    

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