It took the effort of many, many volunteers to help get the beaches first community garden off the ground!  Thanks so much to our Donations Committee, Worker Bees and all others who helped make this dream a reality!  


Worker Bees- Day One!  What a turnout!



 
Willy, Jona and Jennifer discuss design.                    Jen & Jen rake away debris; others discuss mapping.

 
Hard workin' bee!                                                     Our youngest worker bee, Ernesto.  3 yrs old!

 
Lots of measuring!  (look at that nice, sandy soil)       Jennifer and Ben pick up years of trash at the garden.


 
Kevie, Shay, Allison, Linda... shovel away!                  Ernesto working hard.  Kristi rakes the beds smooth..

 
Wow!  That was a big pile of soil!                              Kristi and Jen are rake- marathoners!

 
Coming along!  Mulched beds are happy beds.           The pile's getting smaller! 

 
Adam rockin it out!                                                   And more beds... lookin' good!

 
Eli McEvoy, building the Children's Garden.                Worker Bee in training, Cecilia!

             
Kelly seeding cow pea cover crop.                                     Ernie and Bethany, building communal beds.
These legumes fix nitrogen and help hold the soil while
the beds are resting until the fall. And grow peas!

  
Katie serenades the volunteers.                               Volunteers often enjoy a gorgeous sunset.

 
First Coast News films the Garden, live at 5 AM!       Bethany and Jen work on irrigation canals.

  
Teri and Katie are placing weed mat for paths.            The cow peas are growing strong!

           
Scott trims the slope so that we can plant          Matt, Jimmy, and Jona work on fencing.
native plants for erosion control.

 
Jona's ready to put plants in the ground!                     Bethany and Kira plant native beds at south entrance.

 
Teri and Kelly, babying the plantings on the slope.      Perfect wheelbarrow paths.
 
 
June 2008                                                                     September 2008- Amazing what we can do together!


Volunteers in the garden.  So many wonderful new friends!


ahhhhh.......... this is where I want to be at the end of the day.....