After two years gardening in buckets in a nearby parking lot, the Mystic Community Garden is reopening in the spring of 2008.

The Mystic Community Garden garden began through the efforts of Hahn Le, a Mystic tenant and then-member of the Welcome Project’s Board of Directors. Its intention is to allow those in the urban community an opportunity to work with greenery and to grow fresh vegetables. A garden steering committee oversees the operation of the garden and the allocation of plots and tasks. The garden is the thriving center of spring and summer for local residents.The Mystic community Garden was recognized as Community Garden of the year by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 2001.

In 2006, because of new landscaping and construction at Mystic Housing, the garden was torn down. The Somerville Housing Authority made plans for a new garden. The gardeners relocated into a temporary space in a nearby parking lot and grew vegetables and herbs and buckets. In spring 2008, a campaign began to build needed fences and trellises and install them in the new garden. We've had two volunteer days in May and have raised nearly $2500 to cover expenses for the Garden's relocation (please visit: www.firstgiving.com/welcomeproject for updates)

If you are interested in becoming a Friend of the Mystic Community Garden, please email warren@welcomeproject.org.

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