Food Bank Community Garden

The Community Action Council of Howard County, along with Howard County Executive Ken Ulman, Senator Benjamin Cardin, Councilmember Calvin Ball, the Department of Recreation and Parks, and the Columbia Gardeners, dedicated the county's new community garden plots on June 5th, 2010. The plots are located at the Long Reach Garden at 6110 Old Dobbin Lane, Columbia. The garden includes five plots that will be used solely to grow produce for the Howard County Food Bank, which is operated by the Community Action Council of Howard County.

Columbia Gardeners President Clyde Pyers
speaks at the dedication of the community
garden plots.

President of the Columbia Gardeners Clyde Pyers,
Howard County Executive Ken Ulman, Council Member
Calvin Ball, CAC President Bita Dayhoff, U.S. Senator
Ben Cardin, and National Community Action Partnership
Executive Director Don Mathis attended the dedication
of the county’s new community garden plots.

CAC President Bita Dayhoff and Howard County's
Department of Citizen Services Director Lois
Mikkila stand beside the Howard County Community
Food Bank sign.

Howard County Council Member Calvin Ball and
his daughters plant in the new community garden.

David Weeks with Glenelg Country School students.

David Weeks with Long Reach High School students.

CAC staff member Donna Stinchcomb works in
the garden while her husband Brian Stinchcomb
and CAC staff member Fran Handy look on.