The Treehouse Community Garden

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We recently were given the opportunity to work with The Treehouse Community on their plans for a community garden in the Baxter neighborhood.  The Treehouse Community is a group of individuals living in a home together that is focused on praying, sharing, growing and ministering to each other and their neighbors by attending to physical needs as well as emotional and spiritual ones.  Their vision is to create a shared green space in the Baxter neighborhood, where currently there are no sources for nutritious, affordable food within walking distance, making it an official "food desert."  Wayne was able to sit down with them and sketch design ideas for bringing their vision to life.  Here is what he came up with, as well as some photos of the drawing session....</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Aerial Perspective</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARVMwD11ifK7K4nbGOg6mmF4dbwDNMWCbbW-RTMCs7MAPuNSEo1FPhSTaKA_b2R5BJaGxBhsf8SUGoGPQhkRa-qFkeEMJ5o0aLbd0NamxXozE_k3f7wT8f_uyWwd3Ont3gvMlJgApsws_/s1600/S1.1+-+Shed+A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARVMwD11ifK7K4nbGOg6mmF4dbwDNMWCbbW-RTMCs7MAPuNSEo1FPhSTaKA_b2R5BJaGxBhsf8SUGoGPQhkRa-qFkeEMJ5o0aLbd0NamxXozE_k3f7wT8f_uyWwd3Ont3gvMlJgApsws_/s320/S1.1+-+Shed+A.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Shed Concept A - Perspective</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUdTFclyw5TyEmtXNslbQnPAH0WISzfKBbEVJrEl08zcYNa3Z8aiJ2Tq_Ftk8u23lozSs_7cX7rO2ybcuXyPY7dLLGuBqVaEXH0XozTLqiC46OmlEZe0nnJBPW42PQ10WZzxPlrD1Bcg8/s1600/S1.2+-+Shed+A+Elev.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUdTFclyw5TyEmtXNslbQnPAH0WISzfKBbEVJrEl08zcYNa3Z8aiJ2Tq_Ftk8u23lozSs_7cX7rO2ybcuXyPY7dLLGuBqVaEXH0XozTLqiC46OmlEZe0nnJBPW42PQ10WZzxPlrD1Bcg8/s320/S1.2+-+Shed+A+Elev.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; 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text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The plans for the garden include twelve raised vegetable beds intended to be used by families in the area.  The Treehouse Community is also planning to partner with The Baxter Community Center to teach gardening, nutrition, cooking, and canning classes to all ages. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We were happy to partner with them and hopefully achieve their goal, as stated on their blog, to "see God's kingdom advance here on earth, starting with a few seeds, a bit of soil, some water, and the sun."</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For more information on this project, please visit The Treehouse Community's blog - </span></i><a href="http://treehousegarden.wordpress.com/"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">treehousegarden.wordpress.com</span></i></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span></i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><i><br /></i>

The Treehouse Community Garden

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