Eco Garden at Botanical Gardens helps folks in ‘food desert’

Chinese pink celery is one of the nontraditional vegetables grown in the Eco Garden at Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens. Traditional and nontraditional produce is donated to Gerard Place to distribute through its community kitchen and outreach. Gerard Place is in one of Buffalo’s poorest communities. Photo courtesy Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens donated 692 pounds of fresh, organic produce to Gerard Place’s Community Kitchen, noting that the need was three…

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