our summer working in gardens by: youth garden corps
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Our summer working in gardens
By: Youth Garden Corps
Andrew Campbell
This garden is located at 3834 W. Fillmore We gather bricks so we could complete the
pathway After a hard day of work we finish the brick
pathway
Andrew Campbell
This is the African garden We picked many weeds Also we harvested many difference
vegetables
Andrew Campbell
We are at the bee farm on 3700 W. Fillmore
These are pictures of me working I am picking vegetables
Dewayne Smith
These our pictures of the early stages of the pathway we build.
I was smoothing out the sand on the bricks.
Dewayne Smith
These are pictures of us trying to figure out how the bricks should be laid out and making them even
Dewayne Smith
Ms. Johnson, Andrew and Tracey working on laying the bricks down so we can spread the sand
This picture is the entire group at the Arboretum
Dewayne Smith
Me digging up plants
Also me again smoothing out the sand
Floyd Vaughn
These are pictures of me beautifying the gardens
By picking weeds and planting
Floyd Vaughn
This is me raking up excess garbage and kind of tired
Also me picking okra
Floyd Vaughn
A old saying a pear a day keep the doctor away
Me showing one of the other workers the ropes and how to get strong with it
Floyd Vaughn
Me boarding the bus to attend an educational field trip
To me this is the tree of life at 3834 W. Fillmore
Marketta Hudson
This picture is the first day to a wonderful summer
This picture is at a trip to a butterfly garden
Marketta Hudson
This is a beautiful garden that took a lot of weeding
I picked a cucumber
Marketta Hudson
This is a freshly grown beet Me harvesting a watermelon and a
big smile
Markus Allen
Markus Allen
My first picture is me picking peas The one to the right of it was me work hard
picking weeds out of a pretty flower bed
The pictures on the bottom is the Door kids helping out at 3834 W. Fillmore finishing the pathway they are some very knowledgeable about what they was doing
Quinton Vaughn
Quinton Vaughn
My top pictures was when we were at the conservatory for training
We were learning a lot about the type of plants
A good day at the arboretum Also a very hot day at the
African garden
Tracey Drisdell
What’s happening on this picture is Floyd, Quinton, Mr. Mitchell, and I holding some beets to see who had the largest
On this picture is just our crew taking a picture on our field trip that me in the middle with the white t-shirt on
Tracey Drisdell
What’s going on in this picture is Quinton and I getting to work on the pathway
What I was doing on this picture was picking Swiss chard. I also was seeing what the young lady was doing
Gardening Experience
Throughout the summer we’ve worked on many gardens in the North Lawndale community. Nothing compared to the 15th and Lawndale garden. When we arrived it was just an empty lot with woodchips and mulch and to the untrained eye, it was basically a waste of space. We started to spread the mulch to make beds, then we began to plant flowers and in the end the hidden beauty was now front and center to everyone to see. It was as if it was a personal gift and we could honestly look back and say that we helped make a garden. Not only did we help build a community garden I think we helped build community hope. The hope that the next time they see an empty lot instead of using it to park their cars or build a home, they could turn it into a beautiful open garden space.
15th and Lawndale
15th and Lawndale
Nature museum
Nature Museum
TripsNature Museum
Botanic Garden
Botanic Garden
Nature Museum
Nature Museum
Group pictures
Just working
Just working