Community Gardens

BCCD manages and oversees garden plots on the state owned land on North Main St. on Lake Opechee.  Plots are available to residents of Belknap County to plant and cultivate vegetables for their own use.

In addition, there is a large compost on site for use, and a solar operated water pump for irrigation purposes.

If you are interested in obtaining a plot, please contact Lisa Morin, for more information.

Water access to the community garden plots!

That was the excitement over at the Opechee tract for our local Gardeners.  In 2007 the Belknap County Conservation District received a Conservation Innovation Grant from the Department of Natural Resources to install a solar water pump including a water system so that our gardeners would be able to water their gardens throughout the season.  Solar panels were put into place down by Lake Opechee by the company Solar Stream. 

         

Solar power then operates the pump which fills our tank at the top of the hill located at our garden site.  We were also able to construct a shed to store this water tank.  With a couple of years under our belt, our staff and wonderful gardeners have teamed up to work out the kinks and bumps in this eco friendly operation that we can all be proud of.