Whatcom County Extension has updated its list of community food gardens that can be visited during a public tour from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8.
Gardeners will be on hand to answer questions and explain how people can participate next season.
Most of the Bellingham gardens on the tour are Community First Gardens, a project of Washington State University Whatcom County Extension, with a grant from The Mary Redman Foundation.
The latest garden added to the tour is the Cordata garden, 50 raised beds at the north end of Cordata Parkway.
Other Bellingham-area gardens on the tour are:
— Faith Lutheran Garden, 2750 McLeod Road.
— Sterling Meadows (Paz), 558 Sterling Drive, with entrance through Sterling Drive Church of Christ.
— York Neighborhood, 1309 Indian St., behind Indian Street Pottery.
— Fairhaven Garden, a year-round organic garden at 10th Street and Wilson Avenue.
— Happy Valley Garden, another year-round organic garden, on 32nd Street between Taylor and Donovan avenues.
— Lakeway Garden: a seasonal garden at Lakeway Drive and Woburn Street.
A Sudden Valley garden on Lake Louise Road previously listed is not an official stop on the tour.
Also, Ferndale Friendship Community Garden will hold an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 8. The garden is at 5461 Ferndale Road, south of Pioneer Park and near the baseball fields.
Check the website — whatcom.wsu.edu — for a map that also includes county garden locations.
Tour maps also will be available at Bellingham Farmers Market.
For details, contact Beth Chisholm at 360-676-6736, ext. 12, or beth.chisholm@wsu.edu.
