If you have a green thumb and a heart for volunteering, Richard’s Roots, a.k.a, the Grant Beach Community Garden, needs you. Since the passing of its former gardener Richard Napieralski, the garden has fallen into disrepair. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Peggy at 417-619-4726.
On Sept. 16, 2019, the Grant Beach Neighborhood Association held a rededication ceremony for the garden. The garden was renamed Richard’s Roots, in memory of Napieralski, who literally put his blood, sweat, and tears into the garden and passed away in August 2019.
“Richard was an avid gardener (his entire backyard was a garden). Richard also helped establish the Grant Beach produce distribution, which provided fruits and vegetables to those who signed up. Richard had been a member of the Grant Beach Neighborhood Association for over a decade, having served as our treasurer many years ago,” said Grant Beach Neighborhood Association President Kathy Lutz.
