Gardens take care of plants, pollinators and people...

I find time and time again that gardens and gardeners are great (and love) at bringing nature and people together. 

My latest example is a partnership between the West Coast & East Coast: Collier County Garden Program & Coconut Creek Community Garden. 

I first found out about Coconut Creek from one of our volunteers. When I connected with their program I knew right away we could help each other, and they invited me to give a presentation, about our Gardens, to their gardeners (a rotating group of young people completing school service hours). 

Just a few days after Hurricane Ian, the group reached out to see how we and our gardens were doing and asked how they could help.

On Saturday 12/10/22, Lisa & I drove over to the Coconut Creek Community Garden to pick up plants from their garden. We had a chance to meet with the young people in the garden as they worked on weeding, watering, and adding fresh soil.

                Lisa & I quickly joined in the search for butterflies & caterpillars. 

We gave a short presentation about the effects of the hurricane on our gardens and left them a Snow Squarestem plant and some seeds. Link to Coconut Creek Community Garden

We picked up 15 plants for use at Sugden & Conner Butterfly Gardens. Thank you to Dan Godston (Program Lead) and ALL the youth that have participated in the program. It is inspiring to see your group in action and building something for your community and helping our community too!!