Youth from the Boys & Girls Club in Abbeville will help tend to the raised beds at Harmony Park this summer.
The Kiwanis Club of Abbeville made a donation to Claire Broussard (middle) for the youth gardening program that will take place this summer. Taking part in the donation are (L-R) Kiwanians Thomas Vallot, Richard Melancon, Carlton Campbell, Mike Hardy, Gretchen Meaux and Dr. Gordy Landry.
Harmony Park is a community garden located at the corner the of Lamar Street and Martin Luther King Drive in Abbeville. Claire Broussard, a member of the Keep Abbeville Beautiful committee, said anyone looking to donate items for Harmony Park can contact her at 337-893-2491 or Charlene Beckett at 337-652-2239. Items being sought include plants and seeds, soil, a hummingbird feeder, a long water hose and sprinklers.
Program to teach youth how to garden planned for summer
There’s plenty to be learned through working in a garden.
Several local youth will have the opportunity to gain some of that knowledge this summer.
Keep Abbeville Beautiful is partnering with the Boys & Girls Club of Acadiana on a program that will allow members of the local club to help at Harmony Park, a community garden located at the corner of Lamar Street and Martin Luther King Drive in Abbeville.
Claire Broussard, a member of the KAB committee, spoke to the Kiwanis Club of Abbeville on Tuesday about some details of the program.
