2022 Bergmeyer Corporate Social Responsibility Report - Flipbook - Page 30
Bergmeyer | 2022 Corporate Social Responsibility Report
Boston Fenway Victory Gardens
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In 2022, the Social Responsibility Team (SRT) sponsored a cleanup effort at Boston's Fenway Victory Gardens (https://fenwayvictorygardens.org). The gardens are managed by the Fenway
Garden Society (FGS), whose mission is to encourage the interest and cooperation of all gardeners in the Richard D. Parker Memorial Victory Gardens, to represent FGS in all dealings with
third parties involving the gardens, to promote gardening techniques and principles to gardeners and the public, and to act as stewards of the parkland on which it operates. The purpose of
the FGS is to maintain and encourage urban gardening in the Victory Gardens for the benefit of all the people of the City of Boston, providing a chance to work outdoors, enjoy green space,
and work with nature, as well as to cooperate with the Boston Parks Department and other related government agencies, community groups, and urban gardeners in preserving, maintaining,
and beautifying city park areas and other green spaces.
Our dozen volunteers worked to help clean out two plots that had been abandoned, including the removal of small existing trees, moving several large stones, extensive weeding and trash
removal, and careful separation of invasives from other plants so as not to contaminate the compost stream. The gardens currently have a 2-3 year waiting list.
The SRT plans to repeat this volunteer event in 2023.
