SUNFLOWERS & GIVING GARDENS
01 Jun 2010 3 Comments
in Flowers, Garden Design, Garden Projects, Living Healthy Tags: nadia's san diego garden blog, organic gardening, sunflower
Gift on my doorstep: sunflowers and wine
Sunflower "expressing its perfect self"
A few months ago a friend surprised me with a bottle of wine and some sunflower starter plants on my doorstep and this weekend I got my first bloom.
The garden that keeps on giving is a great concept, one that I encourage and believe brings community closer together. The love of growing your own flowers and edibles are an amazing way to bring more beauty into your life and sharing them multiplies it 100 times over.
Here are a few links of amazing groups of people across the country volunteering to bring the Giving Garden concept to a whole new level.
* ”The Giving Garden” blog: where volunteers work to grow food for others.
* The Giving Garden: Productive community garden.
* San Diego based school garden education: WBC: Teaching farming, gardening and healthy eating to the young.
* Solid Ground: Building community to end poverty.
With summer right around the corner this is a great time to look into volunteering with garden organizations and at the same time increase awareness of community needs. There are so many gardening tips and sage advice that can be picked up when hanging out with other gardeners.
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Grow – Create – Give
Jun 01, 2010 @ 19:01:06
The Giving Garden community garden is completely inspiring! Thanks so much for bringing attention to it
Jun 04, 2010 @ 14:28:37
Terrific idea. It is a new twist on the May Day baskets we used to make as kids. Matti
Jun 20, 2010 @ 22:29:17
Very glad to have found your blog through your post. What inspirational gardening info and gorgeous photos.