A letter from the city gives Og-Woi People's Orchard and Garden volunteers until May 1 to cease operations and remove current garden infrastructure.
is just starting to wake up to spring. Volunteers are pruning trees, building raised beds and prepping two memorial gardens for new flower blossoms.
"It was just kind of an initial shock. You're like, 'What?' because it just came, there wasn't any lead up to it or anything," Dee Taylor said, adding that the city's timeline was unreasonable. "About a year ago, they just stopped communicating with us even though we continued emailing and telling them what we were doing."
Kimberly Vanderburg-Murphy tends to the garden at the Og-Woi People's Garden in Salt Lake City on April 10. City staff members say a public survey about the garden showed "a great deal of support" among the community at large but lower levels of support among residents closest to the garden. A petition to preserve the garden has gained over 300 signatures, according to volunteers.
The city follows guidelines from the Environmental Protection Agency for soil in residential areas since the agency doesn't specify levels for gardening. Soil testing conducted in early 2022 showed that the garden had contamination that was above those levels.
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