Members of the community and city officials check out the newly-opened Cherry St. Community Garden in Westminster following a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Tanner Dodge of Westminster and his daughter, Everleigh Dodge, 7, tend to their plot in the new Cherry St. Community Garden following a ribbon cutting ceremony that officially opened the garden in Westminster on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Olive Goch of Westminster prunes a tomato plant in his plot at the newly-opened Cherry St. Community Garden during a ribbon cutting ceremony in Westminster on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Tania Bambridge of Westminster tends to her garden plot in the new Cherry St. Community Garden following a ribbon cutting ceremony that officially opened the garden in Westminster on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Westminster Mayor Chi Charlie Nguyen is joined by other city officials, and local gardeners, as they cut a ribbon to officially open the new Cherry St. Community Garden in Westminster on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Carlos Manzo, left, City Council-member for Westminster’s District 2, and Mayor Chi Charlie Nguyen, welcome guests and city officials to a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Cherry St. Community Garden in Westminster on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Lance Williams of Westminster uses a claw tool to aerate the soil in his plot in the new Cherry St. Community Garden during a ribbon cutting ceremony that officially opened the garden in Westminster on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Westminster Mayor Chi Charlie Nguyen welcome guests and city officials to a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Cherry St. Community Garden in Westminster on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Westminster on Tuesday, May 12, celebrated a new place for residents to grow.
Grow fruits and vegetables, that is.
The Cherry Street Community Gardens have opened, a first for the city, using a vacant residential lot on the street near Westminster Boulevard.
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The 6,000-square-foot lot has been gated and outfitted with 4-by-4-foot and 4-by-8-foot raised beds for community members to create their own small gardens. The city has been taking applications, and those who have been assigned plots must pay $50 a year for the smaller spaces and $100 for the larger.
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Find out more on the city’s website, westminster-ca.gov, under the community services department.
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