MARCH 2010

First Ever Community Garden in Moville

The first sod was turned recently in the new and first ever community garden in Moville. The garden is located between St Finian's Park, O'Gara Villas and Foyleview Cresent.

The project is a joint effort between local people, Health Service Executive (HSE), Donegal County Council and the Moville and District Family Resource Centre. Funded by the Donegal Peace 3 Partnership it is one of three pilot programmes being run in the county by the HSE.

Funding is available to clear the site, erect fencing and to do the initial work of making beds and laying down paths. Poly tunnels will also be erected and will help develop gardening skills and will allow people to grow more exotic plants than would normally survive the outdoors in Moville.

A group of local residents have worked closely with the HSE and the contractors Highland Landscapes to decide the work required to get the project started. Mary McKinney of the Moville and District Family Resource Centre said she hoped the community garden would be the first of a number of similar projects in the town.

She said: "This is building on the work already done in Moville through the Family Resource Centre in terms of healthy living, exercise and cooking. We hope it will be the start of something bigger in Moville, where more sites could be developed and more people from the community can become involved. As the saying goes 'mighty oaks from little acorns grow.' We hope our community garden is the start of something big and green and beautiful in Moville."

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