DOING THEIR PART: Volunteers help move community garden forward

  • Volunteers from The Quartz Corp. confer as they prepare to use heavy equipment to lift a garden bed off of a truck. The volunteers, as part of Quartz Corp.’s annual Volunteer Impact day, built and placed 16 raised beds for the new community garden in Spruce Pine Riverside Park. (Photo by Stephanie Chang Pitman)
    Volunteers from The Quartz Corp. confer as they prepare to use heavy equipment to lift a garden bed off of a truck. The volunteers, as part of Quartz Corp.’s annual Volunteer Impact day, built and placed 16 raised beds for the new community garden in Spruce Pine Riverside Park. (Photo by Stephanie Chang Pitman)
  • Chris Gentry of The Quartz Corp. uses a rake to smooth out soil in one of the new community garden beds in Riverside Park. The installation of the beds was part of The Quartz Corp.’s Volunteer Day. (Submitted photo)
    Chris Gentry of The Quartz Corp. uses a rake to smooth out soil in one of the new community garden beds in Riverside Park. The installation of the beds was part of The Quartz Corp.’s Volunteer Day. (Submitted photo)
    The new community garden at Riverside Park in Spruce Pine is making headway.  On Monday, Aug. 31, a small group of volunteers led by a team from Quartz Corp built 16 raised beds for ...

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