Planting Begins At Mentor's Community Garden
The people behind the community garden at Wildwood Cultural Center "broke soil" Wednesday morning
The three organizations behind Mentor's community garden -- the city of Mentor, Lake County General Health District and Kaiser Permanente -- gathered Wednesday morning at Wildwood Cultural Center to open their joint project. They planted a trio of tomato plants to officially open the city's first community garden. The garden was the idea of Mentor City Manager Kenneth Filipiak. However, it took a grant from Kaiser Permanente, for which LCGHD Health Educator Tori Sinclair wrote the application, to make it happen. Kaiser Permanente pediatrician Dr. Andrea Zets said the garden symbolized what Kaiser stood for -- staying health through prevention and proactiveness. "The family can come out here together, garden, get some exercise and breathe …
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