‘It’s better for this to be a garden than a vacant lot’

Jeff Matheus, a board member for Urban Seed, tends to a bed of vegetable plants at the new south Warren community garden Aug. 27.

Photo by Brian Wells

Bill Randazzo, garden manager at the Eastpointe Community Garden, tends to a bed of vegetable plants at the new community garden in south Warren Aug. 27.

Photo by Brian Wells

WARREN — The organization behind the Eastpointe Community Garden is helping to launch another one in Warren.

Since getting its start in 2012, Urban Seed has helped provide community-driven resources to help combat food insecurity and improve health and create local connections. In June, they started a second garden in Warren, on Toepfer Road east of Schoenherr Road.

The idea to start a community garden came after Jeff Matheus, who serves as a board member for Urba