Centralia College Community Garden
Opened in April 2026 at Cedar Street Park, the Centralia College Community Garden is a collaborative effort between the campus Sustainability Committee and CARES funding. This vibrant space was created to foster community connection while supporting student well-being by providing fresh, locally grown produce for the Centralia College Food Pantry.
The garden is a shared resource open to all—students, staff, and community members
are welcome to help tend the beds or harvest what they need. Oversight is provided
by the Centralia College Garden Club, which will resume activities in the fall and
host educational events focused on gardening, pollination, composting, and small-space
growing.
How To Get Involved
We especially welcome community volunteers during the summer months, when fewer classes are in session and extra help is needed to keep the garden thriving. If you’re planning to lend a hand, consider bringing a pair of snippers or a trowel to assist with weeding, pruning, or harvesting.
The garden is open daily from dawn to dusk. Volunteers are encouraged to sign in using the on-site QR code or this link when visiting.
Sign Up to Volunteer in the Garden
What’s Growing
The garden currently contains sugar snap peas, lettuce and other leafy greens, kale, pole and bush beans, radishes, small cherry tomatoes, sweet peppers, jalapeños, fingerling eggplant, zucchini, golden acorn squash, small cucumber varieties, and indeterminate potato varieties. The garden also includes herbs such as dill, basil, and oregano or thyme, along with companion and pollinator-friendly plantings like marigolds, nasturtiums, and mammoth sunflowers.
- Swiss chard — Harvest: Mid-June to July
- Sugar snap peas — Harvest: Mid-June
- Lettuce & leafy greens — Harvest: Mid-June
- Kale — Harvest: Mid-June through August
- Nasturtiums — Harvest anytime
- Marigolds — Decorative / no harvest
- Pickling cucumbers — Harvest: July to August
- Lemon cucumbers — Harvest: July to August
- Spinach — Harvest: Mid-June
- Pole beans — Harvest: End of June through August
- Bush beans — Harvest: Mid-June to July
- Kale — Harvest: Mid-June through August
- Lettuce — Harvest: Mid-June
- Nasturtiums — Harvest anytime
- Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes — Harvest: July to August
- Red & yellow pear tomatoes — Harvest: July to August
- Big Boy slicing tomatoes — Harvest: End of July through August
- Sweet peppers — Harvest: July to August
- Jalapeños — Harvest: July through September
- Fingerling eggplant — Harvest: Mid-July through September
- Basil (Lemon, Lime, Thai & Sweet) — Harvest anytime
- Parsley — Harvest anytime
- Candela flowers — Harvest anytime
- Marigolds — Decorative / no harvest
- Zucchini — Harvest: July through August
- Golden Acorn squash — Harvest: September
- Bush beans — Harvest: Mid-June to July
- Chives — Harvest anytime
- Oregano — Harvest anytime
- Marigolds — Decorative / no harvest
- Serrano peppers — Harvest: July through September
- Jalapeño peppers — Harvest: July through September
- Bush beans — Harvest: Mid-June to July
- Butternut squash — Harvest: August through September
- Mystery squash — Harvest: Unknown
- Oregano — Harvest anytime
- Marigolds — Decorative / no harvest
- Spearmint — Harvest anytime
- Peppermint — Harvest anytime
- Chocolate mint — Harvest anytime
- Stevia — Harvest anytime
- Lemon balm — Harvest anytime
- Lavender — Harvest beginning mid-July
- English thyme — Harvest anytime
Tool Safety Information
Slide the blade under the soild to remove weeds by their roots.
The blade is always sharp! Treat it like a knife.
Cut away from your body.
Pass it to others handle-first.
Insert end at 45-degree angle near the base of the week. Push handle down to pry out
the root.
The tip is sharp! Keep it away from yourself and others.