Pittsfield Community Garden Cleanup, April 23

Volunteers clean up the garden at Rice Silk Mill

Two volunteers from UNICO clean up the strawberry bed

A couple of volunteers lay down new fabric to control weeds

City gardener Julia Lemieux offers gardening instruction to some volunteers

A volunteer from UNICO rakes out mulch in a garden bed

A volunteer digs in a garden bed

A young volunteer dumps mulch into a garden bed

On Saturday, April 23, volunteers from UNICO and a few community members joined Julia Lemieux, a gardener with the city of Pittsfield and owner of Windy Ridge Organics, to help clean up and get the Rice Silk Mill Garden of Eatin' in the Morningside community ready for growing season. Learn more about the Pittsfield Community Gardens program.