Building My Veggie Garden
These are our Projects
COMMUNITY PATCH
We are building a community of gardeners in two community gardens in the Central Florida area. One of our patches is in St. Petersburg, FL. We try to grow mostly greens in this patch. One of our precious plants in this patch is chipilin, a perennial legume that is native to Central America. It is considered one of the 16 most important species of edible leaves in the world. Our Second patch is in Largo, FL. This is where we grow Roselle (hibiscus tea), an exquisite flower and one of the finest teas in the world. We also grow lemon grass, squashes and watermelons, among other veggies.
GARDEN FRIENDS
We are also building a community of gardeners who have transformed their backyard into a vegetable garden. Their experience is invaluable and we appreciate it when they use our YouTube channel to impart their wisdom. Our friends live in various cities in the Tampa Bay area. They all share our enthusiasm about the life wonders in vegetable gardening.
TEACHING GARDEN
Located at the UUC Gardens, our garden is our educational center where families come to learn, and volunteers help us grow vegetables to give away in the food deserts of the Central Florida area. This program is a partnership with UUC (Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater). We have a main event once a month. We teach gardening classes and how to be echo-friendly and recycle materials to use in the garden. At this event we give away seeds and plants to people starting their gardens and anybody in the community who would like to have seeds and plants for their garden. We also have gardening and cooking classes for families.