Students were invited to join Reconnect and StandOUT for a project to weed the community garden and plant new vegetation. Diana Taj, a freshman biological sciences major, restarted the community garden and greenhouse project and organized the Community Garden Social.
“This project happened two years ago with Stephanie Travis, and she had some money towards this project or her graduate’s program,” said Taj. “So, it started out small and it got to the point it is now, super big.”
Students gathered behind the Sustainability Center on Feb. 21 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. The community garden has a metal frame that has been constructed but is missing side panels and a roof.
“It’s almost going to be done,” said Taj. “I’m just waiting on a grant so panels can go in. StandOUT has a plot and Reconnect has a plot. That’s two organizations right there, plus individuals in the school in general.”
Taj intends for the whole community to use the garden.
“My goal is to contact the lab school after it’s all done and see if the kiddos want to come over for a field trip,” said Taj. “Cause they used to have a community garden and a greenhouse too, but no one took care of it, so they just got rid of all of it. I’m thinking just to get it back. The whole basic reason for this project was to get students involved like this, and to get the community involved. It kind of died down for a little bit, but now it’s coming back up since last semester. I’m only a freshman, so I don’t know what happened in past semesters.”
Her involvement started when she joined a student organization.
“I joined Reconnect,” said Taj. “I came here because I found out there was a greenhouse somewhere at this school, and I was like, ‘Cool.’ I found out it was the Biology Research Plant upstairs in the biology building but that’s just for grad students I think just research so no one can go in there. I saw they do gardening here, so I was like, ‘Whoa that’s nice,’ so I came here.”
Jessica Casanova, a senior sociology major, attended the event to weed the different plots.
“I am the former president of Reconnect, and I was also the former community garden manager,” said Casanova. “I’m kind of invested in this.”
Student organizations were able to connect with each other and plan to return for the benefit of the garden.
“I think it’s really cool that they’re doing this,” said Casanova. “Diana is awesome. I think she’s going to do a really good job with it this semester. It’s also a really great opportunity for Reconnect to interact with another student organization, StandOUT, so that’s really cool. We get to mingle.”
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