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This spring Houston Link to Learning, the organization that operates the community garden will be working on a number of projects to make the plot more user friendly. On May 10 between 10 a.m. 4 p.m., The Houston Army Cadets will also help out with the project. If youâ re in a wheelchair you will still be able to work in the garden,â said Belinda Lacombe, Houston Link to Learning adult literacy practitioner.

Additionally, two sheds and a kiosk will be built near the garden. The sheds will house tools and materials and the kiosk will display learning projects done by the participants of the literacy programs. This is the seventh year of operation for the Houston Community Garden. Lacombe said it has grown each year.

When it first started, the garden was to incorporate informal learning and also address food security within our community,â she said, adding the adult learners are responsible for all facets of the garden. They learn how to be on a committee, budgeting, report writing â " all sorts of skills that are good for returning to school and also good for life in general. Itâ s an amalgamation of life skills and basic literacy.â

Community garden participants have their own plot to grow whatever they would like and are involved with bringing the gardenâ s other plots â " grown for the Salvation Army Food Bank and the Community Kitchen â " to life. Vegetables grown in the community kitchen plot are used to teach canning later in the year. Volunteers are welcome to come down to the community garden plot â " located at the end of Copeland Ave.

May 10 to help out.

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