Story Created:
Dec 5, 2009 at 6:46 PM EDT
Story Updated:
Dec 7, 2009 at 5:30 PM EDT
NAPLES, Fla. - Home-grown fruit and vegetables are helping raise money for Eden Autism Services in Collier County.
The school's urban-farming project, the "Garden at Eden," hosted an open house on Saturday.
"Garden at Eden" was created as an urban farming project to provide older teen and adult Eden students with vocational skills.
Participants learn to plant, tend, cultivate and market produce from the garden to area restaurants and businesses.
Naples restaurant, the Jolly Cricket, accepted its first delivery of organic and locally grown produce from the garden this week.
Executive Chef Peter Carl is excited about the quality of the vegetables. "It goes straight from the farm to us. This is still nice and gritty from the farm. This is ideally what you want."
Visitors to Saturday's "Garden of Eden" could purchase produce and were given the opportunity to learn more about growing their own organic gardens.
For more information on the school and their urban farming project contact Taire Malloy at 239-992-4680, extension 207 or Eden.florida@edenservices.org.
