10 VIPs spoke great things about the garden
1 green ribbon cut
1 garden plot planted for Urban Ministries (the food harvested will be donated to them)
11 educational stations manned by volunteers taught gardening and nutritional information to visitors
51 garden plots reserved for community gardeners, some of whom already planted their own garden plots
10 garden plots reserved for a summer youth agri-entrepreneurship project
1 community brought together
See photos of the event here. more on the way...
See videos of the event here. more on the way...
Read a blog about the event here.
The following VIPs were on hand to give short statements about the new community garden:
Delphine Sellars, Director of Durham Cooperative Extension
Durham Mayor William V. Bell
Commissioner Ellen Reckhow, Vice Chairman, Durham County
Jim Cowden, North Central District Director, NC Cooperative Extension
Dr. Keith Baldwin, Western District Director, NC Cooperative Extension
Sharon Rowland, Director of Resource Development, NC Agricultural Foundation
Dr. William Ingram, President, Durham Technical Community College
Laura Hodge, Briggs Ave Community Garden Plot Owner
Michelle Wallace, Consumer Horticulture Agent, Durham County, NC Cooperative Extension
Santos Flores, Briggs Ave Community Garden Coordinator
Special Thanks to our Supporters
Belle Long
Black Kow
Chapel Hill Carboro Sunshine Rotary Club
Daylily Garden Club of Durham
Duke University Student Volunteers
Durham County Master Gardeners
Durham Tech Community College Volunteers
Duke University Medical Residents’ Clinic
East Coast Metal Distributors, INC
Forest Hills Garden Club of Durham
Goodwill Community Foundation – Nature Center
Home Depot
Hope Valley Garden Club of Durham
Jim and Caroline Hunt Child Resource Development Center
Keifer Landscaping and Garden Center
NC Agricultural Foundation
Novozymes
SEEDs Educational Garden
Shin-yiing Yeung
Tiffany Griffin
Town and Country Garden Club of Durham
Triathlon of Doom
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