Since 2018, Incredible Edible Merchantville has aimed to create a kind, confident and connected community around land stewardship. This weekend - in partnership with the Borough and our Eagle Scouts - we break ground for a Healing Garden in Wellwood Park. This respite garden will provide veterans and others a tranquil environment to relieve stress or emotional challenges and further beautify our Veteran's Memorial and Walkway. To help fund this project we started a 30-Day SeedMoney Campaign on November 15th.
Kids Explore the Environment
The Camden County Parks Department is having Youth Environmental Center Classes at the Camden County Environmental Center, 1301 Park Blvd, Cherry Hill, NJ, from now until December. Little Sprouts Explorers Program is on Tuesdays & Wednesdays 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. until December 18th. The Little Sprout Explorers program – a play based, nature inspired adventure crafted for young learners ages 3-5. Ideal for children gearing up for kindergarten, our program enhances early learning though
Plant Sales at Eclipse
Beginning May 1st, Eclipse Brewing will be selling plants on-site at 25 East Park Avenue. Chris Mattern, owner of our town microbrewery has been a horticulturalist for over 30 years. His knowledge of all things plant has lead him to grow hops for crafting beer on the side of the former Merchantville EMS building. Additionally, he tends to an annual garden - filled with veges along his driveway. This winter he arranged to use the greenhouse behind the former Wirth Florist building on Centre Street to nurture lots of tomato, pepper,
Farm Produce Shares
D & V Organics, a local farm in Swedesboro, offers Farm Share Produce box pick-up at The Station in Merchantville on Thursdays between 12:00-6:00 p.m., allowing you to pick up an assortment of local, organic seasonal fruits and veggies weekly. Depending on how large a box you pick, you can receive 5-8 produce items each week from mid-May
Community Garden Blossoms
Merchantville's Organic Community Garden, located at the Community Center on Somerset Avenue, is a community-driven initiative that promotes sustainable gardening practices and brings people together. The garden is a hub for community engagement, providing a space for people to come together, learn, and grow. In 2021 the garden added a composting system and, in 2022 a watering system. It continuously supports local initiatives, such as Incredible Edible Merchantville, the beautification of downtown
Sapling, Seed, Plant Swap
Please join us on Saturday, April 27th from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. to celebrate Arbor Day with a FREE tree sapling/seed/plant swap sponsored by your Merchantville Sustainability partners! This event features gardeners and seed enthusiasts form our Garden Club, Incredible Edible, Green Team and Shade Commission sharing and swapping saplings, plants and seeds to start or expand your home garden with vegetation that's well-suited
Make & Take Garden
Have you been thinking about starting your own vegetable garden or would you like to brush-up on your vegetable gardening skills? Join this class and learn vegetable garden design and make seed tape to help in growing small seed plants with perfect spacing at the Camden County Certified Gardeners Make & Take: Vegetable Garden Design. Participants will design their garden and make seed tape an also receive enough seeds to