Digging a Garden For Cedar Ridge

Work got underway this week to build a community garden at Reston's  as volunteers with Sustainable Reston worked the soil of an unused area into a plot to grow vegetables.

The  Board of Directors voted at its meeting two weeks ago   to install a 30' by 30' garden plot on on RA's common area between and Cedar Ridge.

RA is working with , Friends of Reston and Sustainable Reston to get the garden up and running for residents of Cedar Ridge, a low-income housing complex. Many Cedar Ridge residents are Reston Interfaith clients.

Friends of Reston will contribute $3,000 and RA will pay for the rest, he said. 

The plot was previously approved by RA's Design Review Board in March. There are existing water lines to the plot area, as there was a previous garden there about 15 years ago, Butler said.

Diane Blust, President of Sustainable Reston, said she is excited to get started on a project that will benefit Cedar Ridge residents and promote community sustainability.

“This is a way to show  you really care about everyone in the community," she said. "And the access to fresh, local food, this would be a way to give back to the whole Cedar Ridge community.”