Elm Court/Harriet Bryan House Garden Receives $10K Award from Church & Dwight Employees

Employees of Church & Dwight have selected the Community Garden of Harriet Bryan House (HBH) and Elm Court (EC) as the recipient of a $10,000 grant from their Employee Giving Fund. The funds will be earmarked for enhancements to the garden including extending the patio area to create shading, establishing uniform ground plots and installing wheelchair accessible table top planters.

Elm Court and Harriet Bryan House are affordable housing communities and affiliates of Princeton Community Housing. Both communities provide rental housing to those 62 and older while Elm Court also provides housing for mobility impaired persons.  The Community Garden was established in 2009 to provide residents with their own garden to plant vegetables and flowers. For the past two years, elementary aged students from the Johnson Park School have participated in an intergenerational gardening program where they plant alongside residents in shared garden plots.

 The Community Garden initiative was spearheaded by Mike Maloney, a landscape designer with Maspro Imagery who also designed the garden.  Princeton Boy Scouts Troop 43 has been involved with the project since its inception. The fully accessible garden is comprised of forty plots and includes several raised beds. Generous donations of material and labour have been received from the following local businesses: Ace Topsoil & Mulch; Belle Mead Co-op; Bill Turner-Princeton Gardeners; Borough of Princeton; EP Henry; Friendly Rental; Katy Sears-Katy’s Glamorous Gardens; Rev. Anthony Godlefski  Lawrence Ecological Facility; The Maloney Family; Mapleton Nurseries; Montgomery United Methodist Church; North Brunswick Construction; Perone Landscaping, Inc.; Peterson’s Nursery Garden Center; Princeton Boy Scout Troop #43; Princeton Borough Dept. of Public Works; The Reed Family; Tree; Marie Sheehan & Family; Shemin Landscape Supplies; Suburban Fence; Township of Lawrence; Trap Rock Industries; Woodwinds Associates and Robert Wells Tree.

Ed Truscelli, Executive Director of Princeton Community Housing, is delighted to be able to move forward on enhancements to the garden. “Like Church & Dwight, we strive to be creative and innovative and think in terms of possibilities, not limitations.  This grant will enable us to expand the benefits of gardening to more of our residents and provide greater opportunity for intergenerational and community wide programming at the Community Garden.”

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. manufactures and markets a wide range of personal care, household and specialty products under the Arm & Hammer brand name and other well-known trademarks.

The Church & Dwight Employee Giving Fund is a workplace giving fund which was established in 2005 to meet the desires of Church & Dwight employees to financially assist those that are less fortunate and to actively support and participate in the good works of not-for-profit organizations dedicated to that end. 

Princeton Community Housing (PCH) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide, manage, and advocate for affordable housing.  PCH was founded in 1967 by volunteers and local sponsoring organizations to ensure a balance of housing opportunities, which are essential to the continued success and economic diversity of the Princeton community. Princeton Community Housing and its affiliates, Elm Court, Harriet Bryan, Griggs Farm, and Princeton Community Village, offer 467 affordable units and is the largest provider of low and moderate income rental housing in Princeton.  For additional information on affordable housing available in Princeton, including locations, eligibility criteria and application forms visit, www.princetoncommunityhousing.org.