Griffin Community Garden in Derby offers summer squash for the picking

DERBY - Our summer squash is about ready to pick at the Griffin Community Garden, free and open to all!

Relatively low in carbs, calories, and fat, summer squash is high in fiber, an excellent source of vitamin C, and contains B vitamins and important minerals such as potassium and magnesium.

Quick Prep Tip: Try summer squash raw in salads, sautéed or roasted with olive oil as a side dish or spiraled into “zoodles” as a healthy substitution for noodles.

Opened in 2018, the Griffin Community Garden is designed to engage its neighbors to actively participate in selecting, planting, maintaining, harvesting, and preserving fresh, nutritious produce.

Located on the Griffin Hospital campus, the garden is part of Griffin's commitment to its Planetree patient-centered care which stressed the importance of nutrition for overall health and well-being.

The ultimate goal is to help residents obtain healthy fruits and vegetables and encourage neighborhood residents to start their own gardens and improve their eating habits, helping alleviate one of the biggest social obstacles to good health.

At additional nearby community gardens, similar veggies are free to harvest from the newly formed collaboration of several @Valley-Community-Gardens.

Find one near you:

Ansonia

• Beaver Brook – 96 Central St.

• Salvation Army – 26 Lester St.

Derby

• Griffin Hospital – 130 Division St.

• 5th & Olivia Streets

• Derby Public Library – 313 Elizabeth St.

Seymour

• Seymour Community Center – 20 Pine St.

• Trinity Episcopal Church – 91 Church St.

• Little Free Pantry on Skokorat – 58 Skokorat St.

Shelton

• Good Shepherd Church – 182 Coram Ave.

Oxford

• Immanuel Lutheran ECLA Church – 25 Great Hill Road

Shared from the Griffin Hospital Facebook page.