Milledgeville Gardening Club Promotes Healthy and Cheap Eats

Tucked away in South Milledgeville in what used to be a school playground sits 3 acres of community gardening space. The Milledgeville Gardening Association works to promote healthy and affordable eating in the community,

Lin McKnight owns 2 plots in the community garden. “It’s just the freshest you can get when it’s vine ripened it makes a lot of difference,” says McKnight.

For the last two years Mcknight has grown he’s own vegetables in the Milledgeville community garden He says “We enjoy growing vegetables and feel like it’s a neat idea for the community to have a place to come grow your own food, and pick your own, and pull the weeds, and have all the fun of learning how to garden.”