May 12 , 2016
Art Meets Horticulture + Fort Hood Community Gardens
In our gardens , we ’re all operation artists where we and nature converse . Always , abutilon ’s recherche tiny lantern captivate me , especially ‘ Patrick ’s ’ genus Abutilon . How did this convention get along to be?Combining the artwork of weaving with garden blueprint , San Marcos material artist Lydia Kendrickpromotes perpendicular tending with richly colour in tapestries . Some she crafts from yarn and others with newspaper publisher bags her friends bestow . AtArticulture Designs , Monique Capanelli and Dante Dominick we d art , horticulture , and function in home plantscapes . This workweek , Monique join Tomto show how to produce and care for magic plant montage , tiny container , and miniature animation wall . Tom dubbed her “ avant gardener!”Earlier this year , Articultureopened their gorgeous destination studio apartment where you could select one of their designs or craft your own . find out out their make - your - own shop and outdoor events , including yoga , euphony , and more . And be certain to stop by on theWest Austin Studio Tour May 14 - 15 and May 21 - 22.Native coral honeysuckle sports architectural flowers geared for hummingbird . Get Daphne ’s lead on how to prune this evergreen vine . Hummingbirds , those speedy maven , are moving pictures double-dyed with whirring soundtrack . John shew how to get them beating their wing to your doorstep . On tour , what fun we had with smashing kid at Fort Hood ’s community garden ! Director Ed Fuentes and audio op Meghan Seidel were all smiles . Me , too!The garden was only months previous when we arrived , but already kids are digging into intellectual nourishment they facilitate get , some of them for the first time . Veterans Steve Smith and Orlando Garcia fromFarmers Assisting return Veteransreturned to Killeen to help . Bell County Master GardenerJan George ( and others ) selected the right-hand plants to grow — from nutrient to flowers — and when to constitute . Like all four of Fort Hood Family Housing ’s residential district gardens , this one ’s a team feat : maintenance stave , family and the Lend Lease Community Fund . Mack Quinney , project director , Fort Hood Family Housing , note , “ It ’s a spot for folks to get and gather , unwind a piffling mo , do something with their hands , get outside . It ’s just a community sweat to get common people connected . ”
Local business organisation contributed labor , materials , seeds , and plant life . Nieomi King , Community Services Manager , Fort Hood Family Housing , is totally hands - on with the four community gardens , even haul mulch on this chilly morning . Steve and Orlando , from Farmers Assisting recall Veterans , are based out of DeSoto , near Dallas . Orlando said , “ We ’ve lost 10 to suicide so far . That ’s just from our unit alone . We wanted to do something to serve our brothers and sisters who have service with us . We require to give them this chance to puzzle out on a farm . That dirt is very healing . ”“The next foreign mission for the veteran coming home is to grow food for our country , ” Steve tell us .
overweening Outreach Coordinator Christine Luciano races “ her ” kids into the future of sound eating and joy in the garden . Watch the whole story now !
Thanks for barricade by ! See you next workweek , Linda
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