The upcoming meeting of the Lehigh Acres Edible Gardening Exchange will focus on “Healing Sandy Soil.” Guest speakers include ECHO (Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization), Ben Pino from Heartland Gardens, and Keith Howard from Lee County Solid Waste. This free meeting will be held at the East County Regional Library (off Gunnery Road) on Wednesday, August 17. Mingle and chat with other gardeners from 4-5:30 p.m. Meeting starts promptly at 5:30 p.m.

You are asked to bring something to share at the meeting. Offer a great idea, volunteer to help clean up, bring a healthy drink or snack. Gardeners are encouraged to bring in excess seeds, gardening magazines headed for the recycle bin, tools collecting dust in the garage, or anything else that they are willing to unconditionally give to another gardener.

The Lehigh Acres Edible Gardening Exchange is all about exchanging knowledge, successes, failures, ideas, seeds, and more to grow edibles year-round in Lehigh Acres, Florida. For more information email: ilovelehighacres@gmail.com, see their Facebook page, or call 239-206-3373.