Garden grows through work of volunteers
Kelly Mikita didn't want the site where Worsley's once stood to sit empty all summer, so she decided to do something about it.
On Saturday, Mikita of Butler Township led the planting of a community garden at 161 N. Main St., where the Worsley's building caught fire in March 2016 and was later demolished.
“It was a spot where something pretty significant in a negative way happened in the community, and I thought it would just be kind of sad to leave it just be grass or mud this year,” she said.
Mikita, who works with Butler Downtown, was given approval to plant the garden by the Worsley family, who owns the lot. Mikita said the garden is being done entirely through volunteer work.
Dirt, mulch and palettes were donated, and Mikita said Saturday morning that she expected between 100 and 150 volunteers for the event, which began at 8 a.m. and ran into the afternoon.
“It's just amazing,” Mikita said. “Just from word of mouth things have gotten so big.”
The garden will be available to all who partake in its creation or upkeep. It will feature pansies and forget-me-not flowers, as well as tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, brussels sprouts, and basil and tine herbs.
Read more in Sunday's edition of the Butler Eagle.
To view a video about this event, visit www.facebook.com/butlereaglenews
