Sequim’s organic garden digs into 15th year

April 10, 2024 1:30 am
Photo by Emily Matthiessen / “Isn’t it amazing what 20 people can do in 2 hours? It blows my mind.” says Lizbeth Harper (background, in purple), co-founder of the Community Organic Garden of Sequim (COGS), now in its 15th year. She says that plot-holders get together for a group clean-up twice a year; this Saturday was the spring work party, “to wake the garden up and get things moving.”
Photo by Emily Matthiessen / “Isn’t it amazing what 20 people can do in 2 hours? It blows my mind.” says Lizbeth Harper (background, in purple), co-founder of the Community Organic Garden of Sequim (COGS), now in its 15th year. She says that plot-holders get together for a group clean-up twice a year; this Saturday was the spring work party, “to wake the garden up and get things moving.”

Photo by Emily Matthiessen / Jeanette (left) and Jane Valentine discuss the showy milkweed they are nurturing this year in the “bee, bird, butterfly pollinator garden,” within the Community Organic Garden of Sequim. They explain that everyone who has a bed in the garden also has an upkeep role; one of their responsibilities is keeping the weeds down in the pollinator garden and experimenting with new plant configurations.

Photo by Emily Matthiessen / Jill Rochna, left, and Kimberly Salas work on the border of the COGS during Saturday’s work-party. Rochna, who has been with the garden for around seven years, says that it brings joy to the community at large as well as to the gardeners. “It’s truly a community garden. When this place is in full swing, it’s beautiful.” Salas says it’s her first year with a plot; she used to visit the garden on walks.

Photo by Emily Matthiessen / “Isn’t it amazing what 20 people can do in 2 hours? It blows my mind.” says Lizbeth Harper (background, in purple), co-founder of the Community Organic Garden of Sequim (COGS), now in its 15th year. She says that plot-holders get together for a group clean-up twice a year; this Saturday was the spring work party, “to wake the garden up and get things moving.”

Photo by Emily Matthiessen / “Isn’t it amazing what 20 people can do in 2 hours? It blows my mind,” says Lizbeth Harper, co-founder of the Community Organic Garden of Sequim (COGS), now in its 15th year. She says that plot-holders get together for a group clean-up twice a year; this Saturday (April 6) was the spring work party, “to wake the garden up and get things moving.”

Photo by Emily Matthiessen / “Isn’t it amazing what 20 people can do in 2 hours? It blows my mind.” says Lizbeth Harper (background, in purple), co-founder of the Community Organic Garden of Sequim (COGS), now in its 15th year. She says that plot-holders get together for a group clean-up twice a year; this Saturday was the spring work party, “to wake the garden up and get things moving.”

Photo by Emily Matthiessen / Jill Rochna, left, and Kimberly Salas work on the border of the COGS during Saturday’s work-party. Rochna, who has been with the garden for around seven years, says that it brings joy to the community at large as well as to the gardeners. “It’s truly a community garden. When this place is in full swing, it’s beautiful.” Salas says it’s her first year with a plot; she used to visit the garden on walks.

Photo by Emily Matthiessen / Jill Rochna, left, and Kimberly Salas work on the border of the COGS during Saturday’s work-party. Rochna, who has been with the garden for around seven years, says that it brings joy to the community at large as well as to the gardeners. “It’s truly a community garden. When this place is in full swing, it’s beautiful.” Salas says it’s her first year with a plot; she used to visit the garden on walks.