Our Gardens
Trinity Church
503 Asbury Ave, Asbury Park, NJ
715 Cookman Avenue
Corner of Springwood & DeWitt Avenues
A new garden begins here in Mahy/June.
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Events
| Grand Opening of the Gardens | |
| 10:30am: | 715 Cookman Avenue Official opening, and ribbon cutting by the 2 year old twin daughters of property owners, Sean and Don Hollingsworth. |
| 11:00am: | Trinity Episcopal Church, 503 Asbury Avenue Ribbon cutting by Garden of Joy child, Judith Cusack, and a member of the Church’s food pantry, who will benefit from our produce. |
| 11:30am: | Springwood Avenue (corner DeWitt) Ribbon by Garden of Joy child Donye Bray-Shal, and Sisters’ Academy child (also participants in our project). |
Also to be acknowledged at our Opening: Artist Norma Tolliver, of Main Ave. Galleria in Ocean Grove, who created and donated our beautiful Garden of Joy signs; Kevin Yu, our most loyal and reliable teen volunteer; Sean and Don Hollingsworth, who generously allowed us to use their 715 Cookman Ave space for our Community Garden; Fr. David Stout, who got us started in 2007; Terry Reidy, City Manager, and Marilyn Schlossbach, Restauranteur, our loyal behind-the-scenes boosters since 2007; our friend and supporter, Michelle Knapik, Sustainability Committee; and of course the children, board members, volunteers and other supporters of the Garden of Joy Projects!