History

No written history exists on the old Jefferson County Community Garden program. From hearsay, the program started 27 years ago with a garden in Newburg. The county program was merged into Brightside in spring 2003 and began as an activity for senior citizens.

In 2007 the management of the gardens was taken over by the Jefferson County Cooperative Extention Agency in order to provide more resources for the gardeners.

Gardens

To date, they operate 4 ‘suburban’ community gardens:

• Blackacre Garden – 3200 Tucker Station Rd.
• Blue Lick – Corner of Mud and Smith Lane (behind Blue Lick Park)
• Farnsley Moremen Garden -7410 Moorman Rd.
• 7^th Street Garden – at the trailer on site, 3215 7^th Street Road (3/4 of a mile south of Central Ave.)