The Newburgh Preservation Association is pleased to announce that they have been selected by the Greater Hudson Heritage Network as a 2012 Excellence Award winner for their work on the Community Gardens at the Dutch Reformed Church in the City of Newburgh.
“For the community collaboration and public program of the Dutch Reform Church in recognition of its “Community Gardens Project ” which is an effort to create greater awareness of the Dutch Reform Church and is a commitment to the broader community by donating the food grown in the gardens to local food pantries. The Community Gardens Project shows a creative way that a historic site can continue to benefit the present needs of a community while the building undergoes renovation.”
To see more photos of the community gardens at the Dutch Reformed Church, click here.
-Photo © Michael Bowman
