Beacon photo by Pat Ratliff

The Edmonds Floretum Garden Club 's own Edmonds Community Garden at the corner of 84th and 231st St. in Edmonds is looking fabulous.

The individual, raised gardens are full of tomatoes, corn, squash, herbs and lots more.

Despite an uncooperative summer, the vegetables – along with the occasional flower – are doing surprisingly well.

The garden plot owners, along with the Edmonds Boys Scouts and some volunteers, put together the garden April 24.

“The Edmonds Floretum Garden Club and the Master Gardeners donated money towards this garden, and right now it is at its best,” past president Betty Larman said. “Riverside Topsoil of Snohomish donated the best weed-free topsoil ever.”

The gardeners and the Edmonds Food Bank are enjoying the fruits of this garden, which is doing well, despite an uncooperative summer, during its first season.

“We are planning next growing season to organize educational ‘tours’ for grade school children,” Larman said. “Then they can see that food can be grown in their own yard or even the next door undeveloped weedy lot.”

The club is accepting names for future expansion, and they welcome donations in any amount, which are fully tax deductible.

If you are interested in joining the community garden next year, go check it out, put your name in, and start planning for next year’s crop.

Edmonds Floretum wants to thank all the donors for their generosity in making the community garden such a success.

“It’s pretty amazing what can be done and how generous people are of their time and their harvest,” Larman said.