Digging In
Tending a garden, and simply relaxing in one, can be beneficial for both the body and the mind. That’s why I'm so pleased that our company is helping to develop the community garden across from the new Center for Living. It just makes sense to beautify a parcel of land that will be used -- and maintained -- not only by the center’s visitors but also by the neighborhood residents.
Helming the project are two Martha Stewart Living editors, Andrew Beckman and Tony Bielaczyc. To help carry out their efforts, the company has organized volunteer gardening days for our employees, and several green-thumbed neighbors are also very involved. The garden officially opened in September, so Andrew, Tony, and the volunteers were busy all summer. Due to the poor soil quality of the area -- it was once home to a basketball court -- some trees failed to root and had to be replaced, but the garden has come a long way from the pockmarked lawn it was a year ago. Still on the agenda is a fall bulb planting of hundreds of daffodils, and we’ll also include some fragrant flowers, by special request from the neighbors.
I love the community garden idea. I adopted a community greenspace in my neighborhood and re-planted and tended it for about three years until my health would not allow it any longer. An elderly neighbor who worked the landscapte on the Applachian Parkway and has since passed away...loved to ride up on his golf cart and chat while I worked in the common area...he gave me lots of wonderful gardening tips and I cherish those memories of spending time digging in the earth and chatting with my elderly neighbor. Thanks for sharing the photos!
Posted by: Mary Jane | October 27th, 2007 at 9:09 am