New community garden at Lancaster Camp Ground

LANCASTER - The Fairfield County Health Department (FCHD) is excited to announce Lancaster’s new community garden located at Lancaster Camp Ground.

The garden contains six garden beds that have been rented out by community members, as well as one garden bed being used for educational purposes by the county’s Women, Infants & Children (WIC) program.

WIC is using their garden bed to educate children on how to plant produce, care for a garden, and eat healthier. They plan to offer the extra produce from their garden bed to community members once the plants are grown. Signage posted next to their bed indicate what produce is planted and when it is ready to harvest.

This garden was made possible through generous donations from community partners, as well as the Healthy Eating and Active Living (HEAL) program that FCHD participates in through the Ohio Department of Health. HEAL is a program that aims to increase healthy eating and active living opportunities throughout the county.

The community garden was created as part of FCHD’s efforts to increase access to fresh food in the Fairfield County, as the most requested HEAL initiative by the community in 2023.

For more information on Fairfield County Health Department’s HEAL Program, please visit: https://www.fairfieldhealth.org/Health-Promotion-Division/FHD-Healthy-Eating-Active-Living.html

This article originally appeared on Lancaster Eagle-Gazette: New community garden at Lancaster Camp Ground