Newtown Park Community Garden Gets 11 New Plots

JOHNS CREEK, GA -- Members of Leadership Johns Creek's Team Creek Connectors will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony next month to celebrate a project expanding Newtown Park's community garden.

The ceremony will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 12 at Newtown Park.

Team Creek Connectors is a group of business and healthcare professionals, public safety officials, school administrators and community advocates who came together to launch a project that would promote healthy living and wellness in the city.

The park's garden expansion will enhance access to community-based food production for residents and senior communities.

The group worked city of Johns Creek officials to create 11 new plots in the community garden. The expansion will help reduce the growing wait-list for residents submitting applications to the Johns Creek Garden Association to acquire a garden plot.

Team Creek Connectors collected funds and in-kind donations for the project from major contributors and community partners, including Emory Johns Creek Hospital, Precision Landscape Management and Green Brothers Earthworks.

Newtown Park is located at 3150 Old Alabama Road.

Images via Leadership Johns Creek