Briggs Avenue Community Garden wins beehive and colony!

From Toxic Free NC news

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Congratulations to Briggs Avenue Community Garden in Durham for BEEing the winner in our 2nd Annual Save a Bee Beehive Giveaway

Briggs Avenue Community Garden is located in an area of Durham where most children and families live at or below the poverty line. The garden is a place where food is grown for families and where community members fellowship, share skills and learn about pesticide-free gardening. Right now they have more than 40 community-maintained plots, but are expanding next year to accomodate even more gardeners.

A beehive in the garden will add to their mission of educating local residents about organic gardening. And it will help to grow even more healthy pesticide-free food for their community!

Thank you to the 1,250 of you who voted in our contest. This was a close competition and your vote really made a difference. Thank you!

And thank you to all of the 18 beautiful and amazing community garden nominees for growing pesticide-free, healthy food and educating your communities about organic gardening and the importance of protecting our pollinators. You all are such an inspiration to all of us. Thank you!

Toxic Free NC's Save a Bee campaign is made possible with support from The Burt's Bees Greater Good Foundation. Want to bee a supporter, too? Find out how you can help us keep the buzz going for community gardening: http://bit.ly/tfncbuzz

Thanks a buzzillion for following along with our contest!

Ileana Rodriguez
Toxic Free NC