Sewing the Seeds of Love in Crestview

I have decided to take part in community gardening through the help of Crestview-based Urban Patchwork.

My vision for this garden is something that we can work on together with our families, teaching our kids how to appreciate the outdoors and the fruits of our labor. When my family gardens together, we don't consider this "work" because we enjoy it, so I'm hoping to plan a community garden around that mentality. Kid activities organically sprout (pun intended) from gardening - whether it is planting seeds, to pulling weeds, to painting signs that designate our fruits and veggies, feeding chickens and pulling eggs. Cruz is already very involved with our small garden at home and I wanted to take it to another level and be a part of something bigger. Instead of limiting the community to my immediate neighbors, I wanted to share the love with my dear friends and already have buy-in from two of our Los Horns families (thanks Jen and Ruth).

Paige, the founder of Urban Patchwork, is set to design a kid-friendly space in my backyard jungle, complete with herbs, veggies/fruit garden, a chicken run and even a space for bocce :). We talked about the possibilities of melding together play dates with gardening work days to get everyone involved. I think this is a first for Urban Patchwork -- I am so excited about this opportunity.

I hope to have an update in a few weeks with our initial design plans. Stay tuned!