Viaย Berkeley County Library/Press Release:
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Sangaree Library is excited about its Community Garden Project, which it has beenย able to do as a result of a Community Grant from Home Depot and the support of the Sangaree Special Tax District!
The library’sย goal is to provide a positive opportunity for community membersย of all ages to interact with each other while giving back to their community.
The Sangaree Library hasย successfully done twoย smaller building projects,ย specifically working with teens. These include aย Little Free Library (littlefreelibrary.org) and the Awesome Box (awesomebox.io) to help build a relationship between the library andย itsย teen users.
The Sangaree Library hopes to foster that relationship by continuing to increase the involvement of 
This garden project seemed like a perfect opportunity to give back while also providing a chance for the teens to interactย with other local residentsย in a positive way.
The original plan was to assemble, fill and plant three raised beds with the help of community participants on Saturday, June 6, 2015.
The library was amazed at the amount of support it received on that Saturday. In fact, so much so that volunteers pooled together additional resources to expand the project to 4 raised beds!
There are now 2 raised vegetable beds, 1 raised pollinator bed, and 1 raised vegetable and 
pollinatorย bed. The produce from the garden will be donated to local residents in need.
The Sangaree Library gives a hugeย thank you to all of the community participants who stopped by on Saturday to help and have made the project a reality.
The Sangaree Library continues to need the help of the community to keep these gardens growing. Anyone who would like to help maintain the garden beds is welcome, and the library will have tools at the library that volunteers may borrow.
Anyoneย interested in volunteering on a regular basis to help with the garden or whoย has any questions canย stop by and speak with Rieta Drinkwine, the Branch Manager, or contact her at 843-695-1208 orย [email protected].
