The Lansford Community Garden has a new home, but it will take some work before they are ready to plant.

On Wednesday, borough council voted to allow the use of a property near Patterson and Cortright streets for the garden. They now plan to work on an agreement for volunteers to use the property."It was a playground before, and I think it would be very good as a location," council President Martin Ditsky said.The garden, a joint effort between Grace Community Church and Lansford Alive, was looking for a new location after council announced its plans to sell the property they were using, at Bertsch and Center streets. The sale of that property is pending.A nearby business wants to buy that property to use as a parking lot, according to Ditsky.Jodi Mika, who directed the garden for GCC, said she was worried that their hard work would disappear with the sale of the lot."There are a lot of really good things from the garden. That's why we were concerned. The kids are going to see it paved over," she said.The new property will require some work. It isn't up for sale, but it is paved. Mika and council discussed possibly removing that blacktop to make way for the garden. Councilwoman Rose Mary Cannon suggested that they first get a survey of the property to make sure that they are using the borough's land only.In the meantime, they are focused on transplanting some trees that were planted last year on the lot."We have trees that need to be replanted, and if we do it at the wrong time, they'll die. Local businesses donated them so we could be a certified pollinating garden," Mika said.Mika is also working with members of Coaldale Borough Council to bring a community garden to the Coaldale Complex.She said that she has seen tremendous effects when children are allowed to get involved with a community garden. With a project like a garden, there is concern that teenagers could commit vandalism, but Mika said they are on board with the garden as well."They're the ones who actually protect it, because they put their hard work into it, and some pride comes out," she said.