Ten years ago, on Oct. 19, EPCOR granted the Sun City Garden Club permission to lease a plot of land at 91st Avenue and Greenway for the purposes of establishing a community garden. The Sun City Community Garden recently hosted a celebration of its ten-year partnership with EPCOR representatives and Recreation Centers of Sun City representatives.

Shawn Bradford, Senior Vice President, Regulated US Water, EPCOR, and Paul Taylor, Operation Manager, EPCOR, attended the celebratory open house, commemorating the 10 years they have partnered in providing a place and opportunity for Sun City Garden Club members to grow vegetables for themselves, the community and the local food banks.

Community Garden Operations Manager John Dottavio conducted a tour of the garden areas for the EPCOR representatives and provided background information about the recent upgrades the community garden members have made to the garden area. Particular mention was the recent completion of the pollinator garden area, which has been designated a “Certified Wildlife Habitat” by the National Wildlife Federation.

The idea of such a habitat was the brainchild of Community Garden members June Ball and Tee Nelson. To fund the development of the pollinator garden, it was decided that “memory bricks” would be sold; the bricks would line the pathway throughout the garden.