In Mount Sinai Park, Garden Viewing Can be a Learning Experience

Heritage Park in Mount Sinai has all kinds of interesting and gardens. Recently, a Girl Scout Troop , including blue catmint, white day lilies, red roses and yellow/white azaleas.

Walk the path behind the Heritage Center and you'll find all kinds of other interesting flowers and plants. But a Pizza Garden?

We asked Fred Drewes, chairman of Heritage Park's "Farm Committee" to explain what that is.

"The 'Pizza Garden' features tomatoes, basil, oregano, onions, peppers, garlic and parsley all of which are used to make pizzas," he said.

It's just a part of the Heritage Crop and Farm Machine Exhibit where, according to Drewes, volunteers of the Heritage Trust plan, plant and tend the crops. It is, in essence, a history lesson in the garden.

"Vegetables were grown on local farms for consumption by local residents and for 'city folk' who came to scout camps, hotels, home owners associations and folks who rented cottages and houses," Drewes said.

Wheat, oats, rye, hay, flax, buck wheat and corn were among the crops grown for food for people and animals while potatoes, cabbage, spinach, broccoli and brussels sprouts were cash crops.

In the farm machinery exhibit is equipment used to plow, cultivate, plant and harvest crops.

There is only one thing missing from the pizza garden: the crust.

"Wheat is grown in another part of the 'farm' but will be planted in the Pizza Garden next year," said Drewes.

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