Today at the Garden

This week at the garden we had 6 participants in our garden skill shares, 5 for addiction recovery support group, 3 for the veterans support group, and 3 for trauma support. It's exciting to start having regular participants and to see all the different ways our garden can provide a safe and educational space for individuals.

Our current calendar of support groups and skill shares is as follows:

Monday 12-1 pm Cooking & Nutrition Skill Share

Monday 2-2:30 Garden Skill Share

Wednesday 1pm Addiction Recovery Support Group

Friday 11pm Veterans Support Group

Friday 12pm Trauma Care Support Group

Friday 2-3pm Stress Reduction and Art Skill Share

Michael, a formerly homeless volunteer, has been consistantly tending to our compost pile. The photo above shows him turning the pile. The bag at the bottom of the photo is coffee grinds from a local coffee shop. We've been using coffee grinds to heat up the bead so that the compost biodegrades faster. Micahel suggested that we get some worms for our garden. So, we've ordered some along with some worm droppings (which will use to add some nitrogen to our soil). I'll be picking them up on Saturday from the East Bay. Below are some photos of Finn, our garden educator (in the blue sweatshirt) and Adrian (our intern, who leads the stress reduction and art and veterans groups on Fridays) tending the garden and getting our garden ready for a new cycle of planting, which will happen next week.