SEQUIM — It’s a mutual, horticultural, high-tech back-scratching thing.
This spring, a group of teens dreamed of a community garden by and for the people of Sequim.
As technologically savvy high schoolers, they created a PowerPoint presentation on the wonderfulness of such a place that would be open to all growers, and that would feed their need for organic produce as well as social interaction.
The Master Gardeners of the Olympic Peninsula, meanwhile, know all about those two things. They invited the community gardeners over to their place at 2711 Woodcock Road.
The 2.5-acre Demonstration Garden is a near-riot of blooming poppies, ferns, Himalayan honeysuckle and fruit trees, but over on the east side, sheltered from the wind by shrubs, is a blank plot.
It’s only about 30 by 5 feet, but it’ll do, said Linda Dolan, the adviser to the Sequim High School students advancing the community garden plan.
The Master Gardeners swooped in just in time, Dolan said. A New Leaf, one of Sequim’s newest nurseries, recently donated some 200 vegetable plants to the community gardeners. There are tomatoes, lettuces and more that need to be planted soon, said Dolan.
She and three teen growers toured the Demonstration Garden on Tuesday, and planned to start working the land this week.
Jean Pier, president of the Master Gardeners, made a proposition.
“Nobody knows about us,” she began. “I saw your PowerPoint presentation, so I wonder, could you do something like that for the Master Gardeners?”
No sweat, answered Jason Daniels.
“Just e-mail me your photos,” with details and a dazzling PowerPoint show will be forthcoming.
The community gardeners plan on eating some of their produce and donating the rest to the Sequim Food Bank and other charitable organizations.
