Meeting Tuesday on Howland community gardens

HOWLAND — Township trustees are offering township residents the opportunity to plant a vegetable or flower garden on the Sloas Nature Preserve, 3938 North River Road.

The 102-acre preserve was purchased in 2002 with money from the Ohio Clean Ohio grant program.

Additional information will be provided at a meeting at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the township administration building, 169 Niles-Cortland Road, or by calling the township administration building at (330) 856-2340.

A community garden strengthens community bonds, provides food and creates recreational and therapeutic opportunities for the community while also preserving open space, providing access to it and creating sustainable uses for it, said Rick Clark, township trustee.