the garden around the corner

while we have been tending our wee plants, we have really been getting inspired by the garden around the corner. we took a walk over there a few weeks ago and visited with karen who is the go-getter behind it.

this garden was carved out of a kudzu-covered vacant lot behind some houses and a church by the bare hands of many volunteers from the neighborhood and beyond. it is in its second year of growing. the garden was recently awarded for its efforts.

they have a 'museum' of all the artifacts they have unearthed:

miscellaneous fun around ARROW

here are a few images from some recent days:

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we had our first workshop, 'building a natural first aid kit' with naturopath Martha Allen from Athens Natural Medicine. about 10 of us learned how to make homemade elderberry syrup, and we each took home a first aid kit that Martha had assembled...