Lyme-Old Lyme Food Share Garden Thanks Community for Support After Founder Jim Ward’s Death, Expresses Appreciation for Numerous Donations in His Memory

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The late Jim Ward, founder of the Lyme-Old Lyme Food Share Garden

“The garden goes on and Jim’s legacy of growing and providing healthy food for our community and neighbors will thrive” (LOLFSG Board)

The garden lives on—a substantial crop of hydroponic lettuces has been harvested from the new greenhouse at Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School.

LYME/OLD LYME—The Lyme Old Lyme Food Share Garden (LOLFSG) Board has asked us to publish this statement to the community on its behalf:

A volunteer checks the roots of the hydroponic lettuces.

“The Lyme Old Lyme Food Share Garden (LOLFSG) board members would like to acknowledge and thank the community for their support as we mourn the loss of our founder, Jim Ward. The generosity of your donations in his memory as well as your thoughtful notes are so very much appreciated.

Hydroponic lettuces grow in a vertical mode in the LOLMS greenhouse.

The board continues to work diligently through this difficult transition.

A crop of hydroponic lettuce from the new greenhouse at the Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School (LOLMS) was harvested this winter and donated to the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme’s Food Pantry. A second wave of lettuce, spinach and peas is in the works.

Preparations for our fourth growing season at the garden are well underway with the first work party being organized for mid-March.

The garden goes on and Jim’s legacy of growing and providing healthy food for our community and neighbors will thrive.

Visit the LOLFSG website to learn more about opportunities for you at the Garden in the coming season.

For further information or any questions, contact Amy Malsbary at amelia.malsbary@gmail.com.”