Elko Community Garden

06/18/2026

How is it 3 years already?! Here's to many more 🤗

05/16/2026

This western kingbird was chillaxing in the garden today- they eat bugs including mosquitoes

05/16/2026

Thanks to volunteers and gardeners like Emily (pictured), River, and Ian we got two more garden beds filled and assigned.

We have a couple beds left for growing season 2026, but not many.

05/15/2026

Great news for gardeners:

Learn more about a study at Oregon State University to answer two common questions: 1) Do raised beds constructed from pressure treated wood leach copper into the soil, and 2) if leaching does happen, do the vegetables and herbs grown in the raised bed absorb the copper?

04/25/2026

The camera shy afternoon shift got the benched accessible bed repaired and placed- now we just need to plumb it into the water system. Thanks to everyone who stopped by today!

Service day accomplishment report: 2 beds refurbished, two beds filled, 1 drip system built, 3 more drip systems measured and cut ready to go, one student's scholarship community service signed off for 2hrs, garlic fertilized, one rake got a new handle installed and a partridge in a pear tree.

04/24/2026

We got a new drip system build and repaired a garden bed! Thanks to the volunteers that came out this morning! We’ll be here until 2pm, come on out if you’d like to help!

04/21/2026

Free tomato start for those interested.

Join the IFA Biggest Tomato Contest to grow the heaviest tomato and win a $500 grand prize. Enter now and compete for top honors this summer!

04/20/2026

First donation of the year to Friends In Service Helping - FISH - Elko thanks to several of our gardeners having more green onions than they wanted. 9lbs of produce preped and grown right here in town 🤗



📷: circle of onions-Susie Jones
📷: bin of onions and triumphant gardener- Erin Levesque

04/19/2026

Great curious question in the garden today. How do you tell the difference between an onion and a garlic in the row as you're digging?

04/18/2026

Thanks to our handy volunteers we have three more of our garden beds leveled and lined. We still have a couple beds available for this growing season!