The Broadus Community Garden Project will take root May 2019 near the Powder River Manor, in the southeast corner of the property. Community members can rent a garden plot in the garden and grow their own produce to eat or share.

Raised and in-ground plots as well as a wheel-chair accessible plot will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Full plots are 8’ x 16’, $30 each; half plots are 8’ x 8’, $15 each. Members pay the plot fee annually to help pay for water, additional plot development, and maintenance. Water hook-ups will be provided, and members will need to bring their own gardening tools, hoses, sprinklers, and seeds/seedlings. Check out the Broadus Community Garden Project page on Facebook, or stop by the Extension Office for a Signup Form.

Objectives of the BCGP are to: improve access to healthy foods and improve the health of community members; develop youth skills in gardening, nutrition education and agricultural business; and increase awareness of the benefits of pollinators in the food chain.

A volunteer group led by MSU Extension Agent Julie Riley and Powder River County Public Health Nurse Darlynn Williams is currently overseeing development of the BCGP, which will be governed by a volunteer Executive Committee in the future. The project is funded in part by a USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service grant and by donations from generous community members for material, labor, and deer-proof fencing supplies, etc. The garden can benefit from additional donations and volunteers; contact MSU Extension at 406-436-2424, or the Public Health Office at 406-436-2297, for details.