Our 2nd Project - A Garden for Someone Else !

After the success of Common Ground, everyone involved was super excited. When a local neighbor approached me about an opportunity to help someone else with a garden, I was interested. April Mraz shared with me that a local non-profit, Girls Incorporated of Central Alabama, was having some trouble raising funds and getting started with their own garden. After April shared the details with me, I contacted the organization. Fortunately for me, their Executive Director was someone I knew - Stacey Torch, a former resident of Mt Laurel.
After brief conversation with Stacey, I sensed an idea coming on. Why not apply our talents to helping not only Girls Inc, but others build their own Community Gardens ? I agreed to help Girl's Inc. with their project, and planned a visit to their facility to assess the site. Two weeks later, I visited the site and saw that they had an awesome, sun filled area - perfect to build a garden about twice as large as the one we had constructed in Mt Laurel. Once we had mapped out a plan for the garden, I then determined what supplies we would need and began contacting folks to raise funds to build the garden. Stacey also had some contacts, and between the two of us we raised the funds necessary to get the garden built. Shown below are some of the photos from the construction phase of this project.

A great team of folks helped make the Girl's Inc. dream a reality - Kris Dunn, Scott Stone, Michael Wolfe, and Ken Morton. THANKS FELLAS !!!

The larger space allowed us to construct a sort of "Hallway" thru the garden - a future home for grape vines and muscadine vines.


At the completion of the project, our decision to help other people build their Community Gardens was finalized. And that's where we stand today - ready, willing, and able to help you !

A Look at the Garden - Mid Summer

Our garden was off to a great start, and things were growing very well. Check out some of the photos below...

The beds are all planted in this photo, but we have yet to complete the entrance and the fence around the garden.

These are squash and zucchini plants in the foreground, and the herb garden in the background.

A beautiful photo of a squash blossom just as it is opening.

Your garden will provide you a myriad of photo opportunities as it comes to maturity.

This is a view from the entrance to Common Ground. As you can see, the garden is now in full bloow, and the plants are really looking great.



Using tomato cages is highly recommended - they support the growing plants as well as providing for a neater and cleaner appearance. An added benefit - they keep the fruit from coming into contact with the ground.