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Address: 5770 Niagara Street
Neighborhood: Commerce City
Number of plots: 20
Average size of plots:
10’ X 15’
Year Founded: 2003
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Contact
Denver Urban Gardens
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303-292-9900.
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Helping
Hands Community Garden
This garden, coordinated by Bridges of
Silence, is dedicated to working with hearing impaired youth
and children to integrate them into the community by working
together in the garden. This is also the only community
garden in Commerce City, providing a place for residents to
have access to fresh vegetables and community interaction.
Community Events:
Why We Love Our Garden:
Open House “Taste of Helping
Hands”
Community Garden Celebration
Farmer’s Market
:
In Helping Hands Garden, change is evident
in the bright smiles of children who have just learned a new
lesson about
nature. Most of the gardeners at
Helping Hands are elementary to high-school aged youth that
live in the community. Recently, Helping Hands won a
grant from the National Gardening Association in honor of the
work done within the garden. With the money, they were
able to purchase tulip bulbs to create a bright spring display
of color. In addition, the children of the garden plant
herbs, vegetables, pumpkins and watermelon.
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At the end of each summer, Helping Hands
throws a community celebration inviting community members to
come to the garden and listen to a variety of local youth
talent including a mariachi band, youth sign language choir and
drum group. The farmer’s market also helps to bring
the Commerce City community together by creating a forum for
local people to buy locally and connect with one another.
