Coming Together: A Step Closer
A project of The Street Farm a community garden in College Park/Binghampton
Leader
Jacqueline Shotwell
Location
773 North Bingham Memphis, TN 38112
About the project
The Street Farm will be secured with a fence and a solar powered security camera in order for community members and volunteers to feel safe in the garden space. Our goal is to provide an opportunity for the community to gather, learn, and have fun. Activities will include classes about gardening, maintaining equipment, canning, and other entrepreneurial skills.
The Steps
The first step is to secure the area with purchased materials on a couple of designated work days. Once all the installations are completed, we will invite the community, donors, and volunteers to the Fall Harvest Celebration and have our first movie night.
Why we‘re doing it
We hope to generate better participation of the College Park Community in gardening and neighborhood unity. Bringing fresh fruits and vegetables into what is termed a “food desert”. Furthermore, we are promoting healthy food choices into this area which is dominated by more single parent and elderly head of household family units. We wish to impart knowledge and exposure on how to grow, care for, and prepare the produce into tasty meals.
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