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