Author: Sushila Ravard

Community Garden Benefits

Growing Food For Ocean Shores Community When it comes to year around fresh produce, we grow it! Many of our urban and rural neighborhoods live in “food deserts” – places where it is nearly impossible to buy fresh fruits and vegetables. At GBTS, we offer individuals and families healthier lifestyles; fresh produce and opportunities for exercise […]
Read More

How Hoop Beds Help With Cold Weather Gardening

Hooping It UP   Building Hoop Covers on Raised Beds with the Help of Master Gardeners For the last three years Garden by the Sea, a community garden since 2008, has partnered with WSU Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties Master Gardener Foundation. Along with local plant clinics, plant sales and workshops our onsite demonstration pollinator […]
Read More

Square Foot Gardening

Get More Growing in Small Spaces using Square Foot Gardening: The Square Foot Gardening technique has been around since the 1980’s.  It is a simple method to create a highly productive vegetable garden by marking out a grid of 1-foot square sections in a raised bed.  Each section is planted with a different vegetable and […]
Read More

New Garden Shed

Garden Shed Becomes Reality With Grant From GHCF:   Our vision of a garden shed has been fully realized with the generous donation from the Grays Harbor Community Foundation. Their donation in concert with support from Levee Lumber of Ocean Shores for building supplies and a construction team lead by Jack Backes has made our dream […]
Read More

Summer 2009 – Our First Harvest!

Summer 2009 – Our First Harvest!  The garden has been growing by leaps and bounds !! We have already harvested our first vegetables for the food bank. All of the Personal Garden Plots are rented and the communal spaces are beginning to take shape. The Rose Labyrinth is in the design stage and promises to […]
Read More