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Albany County

First United Methodist Church Community Garden

Residents and organizations can register for one of 20 plots to raise vegetables, herbs, fruits, and pollinators; one plot is a dedicated butterfly garden.

Owner and host:
First United Methodist Church; Pastor: Eric Feuerstein; administrative assistant: Mandy Schneider
Location:
Laramie
Email:
office@laramieumc.org
Phone:
307-742-8121
Website:
https://www.laramieumc.org/

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Man working in garden.
Many churches across Wyoming have community gardens, and much of the produce grown in these gardens is donated to people in need. Among them is the First United Methodist Church Community Garden in Laramie, where volunteer Robert Zemanek waters produce. He has a background in horticulture, and uses those skills to not only bolster the quality and quantity of produce, but to help educate other volunteers.
Milk jugs watering a garden.
Robert Zemanek is always looking for creative ways to boost produce production while saving water. Among them: using a sharp object (such as a nail) to punch several very tiny holes in the bottom of one-gallon plastic milk jugs. And once in the garden, the jugs are filled with water, which is slowly released over a couple hours. Call this a very inexpensive drip-irrigation system.