On Wednesday July 6th, seven kids from Me to We, a partner organization with Free the Children, came to visit the garden! They had all different levels of experience with gardening and were all very motivated to learn and get their hands dirty! I gave them a garden tour and we identified lots of different vegetables and herbs. They had a lot of fun designing their own plots with help from the companion planting guide (which you can find in the toolshed). And then we were able to design a plot together and actually plant it! They planted thai chili peppers, garden salsa peppers, watermelon, cantaloupe, hubbarb squash, butternut squash, calendula, African marigolds, begonias, and eggplant! Check out plot #28 when you're at the garden to see it. It was great to have help watering and weeding too!
It was really neat to hear some of the kids compare our community garden with community gardens in their hometowns. At the end of their visit, one girl told me she wasn't very enthusiastic about coming to the garden because community gardens back home in Montreal meant small plots surrounded by chain link fences - not entirely conducive to creating a sense of community. She told me she was very impressed with our community garden and was so glad she got to visit it! Other kids in the group, from Sackville, said that they were going to come back and check on their plot!
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