"Cash said the new designs for the garden were unveiled at a Parks and Recreation Commission meeting in July 2024. After several meetings to receive community feedback, she added, the city had hoped to get the garden fully opened by March of this year but faced some delays. Public Works Director John Cherbone said that one reasons was that some of the furniture, like the greenhouse, took a few months to come in."
"The entire Saratoga City Council turned out for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday afternoon, and city staff provided a table with refreshments and free succulents to give away. Former Saratoga mayor Jill Hunter also made an appearance. Mayor Belal Aftab spoke briefly about the garden, saying that it was "really cool to see all of this come together" with input from residents and that he hopes the garden will "serve different parts of the city." He credited landscape architect Jeff Heid with the garden's design."
About 30 community members gathered for the formal reopening of the community garden in El Quito Park in Saratoga. The garden officially opened in June after a significant revamp that increased beds from 17 to 49. The site was built out with concrete picnic tables, toolsheds, a greenhouse and a new bulletin board. Residents can lease plots annually with possible renewal. The renovation cost almost $350,000, funded in stages from park development fees. Workers regraded the ground, pushed back fences, and updated the irrigation system. City officials and residents attended a ribbon-cutting with refreshments and free succulents.
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