Festival in the garden cancelled for 9/24

We are so sorry but we'll be canceling tomorrow's festival due to a 70% chance of rain and thunderstorms in the garden. We hope you have a great weekend and that we see you next time. ~Marykaye

Join us for our Fall Festival Saturday September 24th from 1-5 pm!

Our Children’s Rainbow Garden
a community garden project for children and adults

Fall Festival & Vegetarian Potluck
Saturday, September 24th
1 to 5 pm

Dauphin County Parks and Recreation Community Garden
Elmerton Ave & State Farm Rd. Harrisburg, PA

This event is open to the public & free of charge
Free parking is available
Look for the signs and bring a lawn chair!


For more information, please email karenhunsberger@msn.com
or call 717 574-2654

Hope to see you there!

Grateful that it's just another day in the garden

Like so many people affected by the local storm, a few of our garden members experienced minor flooding and disruption but we are blessed that everyone is safe and working on cleaning up at this point.  I'm sitting in the shade of the garden house taking a little break from weeding and realizing how great it is to be under a clear, sunny sky!  Also feeling how precious it is to be out here enjoying the space in nature that we've created together.

The garden still looks pretty good for what blew through, closing streets and roads not far from us. The garden house took a hit but we were able to prop it back up again; the tomato frames and pole bean stakes are also cleared away after blowing down. The rest of the plants in our medicinal and high yield pepper gardens look good, the marigolds are gorgeous and bright and we are looking forward to our Fall Harvest festival coming up in a couple of weeks. Trusting that all is as it should be and that all will be well. We may have experienced chaos the last few days but today is just another day in the garden (and what a gift!).

Here are a few of the sweet things we saw throughout the day:

It's been inspiring to experience positive attitudes from so many who have lost so much, and seeing those who reach out to help a neighbor or just continue to do what is in front of them with peace and a sense of trust.  Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone recovering from this week's storm and flooding. We hope you are safe and well.

Please save the date for this year's Festival in the garden: Saturday, September 24th from 1-5 pm. We'd love to see you there to take a break from all of the work to celebrate and come together. :)