SPC花园义工日

与SPC一起为st服务. PHILIP'S COLLEGE 100 PERCENT ORGANIC GARDENING TEAM AT ITS NEW AND CENTURY-OLD LOCATION ON NOV. 16和12月. 7

从成人到陪同儿童, all who drop in to plant a seed in the “green” and hydroponic lab garden with SPC this month will be able to see the benefits of giving back next year 

圣. Philip’s 大学 100 Percent Organic Gardening Team invites all to help 圣安东尼奥 go healthier and greener by sharing knowledge this holiday season as a guest volunteer on 11月. 12月16日及12月. 7 in a new working 100 percent organic community garden on a familiar 100-year-old property on 圣安东尼奥’s East Side. 

圣. Philip’s 大学 社区 garden is located in the Dr. 威廉·C. Davis Science Building on the 100-year-old campus of 120-year-old St. Philip’s 大学 at 马丁·路德·金大道1801号. The team that opened this new garden this transition year operated from 2014-2018 in a 12-year-old old garden for a few years under an expired-in-September 2018 land use agreement with Antioch Church known at one time as the East Side 社区 Garden at 1715 N. 中心圣., according to the 2018 garden 项目 organizers, 学院教员凯西·怀特, Paula Englebert和Mary Cottier.

“We had a successful run of civic engagement with the 1715 N. 中心圣. 项目, and our last day of service there was in July, so we planted in small garden beds in our college’s primary science building to continue our college’s gardening interests. We no longer have to carpool the team over from the campus into the community, 因为我们在校园里,科蒂埃说. 

The 2018 100 Percent Organic Gardening Team experience includes volunteers planting seeds in hydroponic and growth chambers at the college’s science building to start the seeds growing in time for transplantation in the spring, Cottier和White说.

“当他们到达幼苗时, 我们将有春天所需的植物, 这样我们就不用去买幼苗了,科蒂埃说. “新花园仍然是有机的. We've taken over a good portion of our [science] building’s raised landscape beds, with tomatoes and green peppers growing and broccoli in the ground---along with a whole mess of carrots. There are also leafy greens like kale or collards being grown,” said Cottier.

“Volunteers don’t put anything down to kill [in the gardening process], 所以他们总是在除草和种植. We clean up and plan to plant for the spring on 11月. 12月16日及12月. ”科蒂埃说.

It takes volunteers to both run and grow the operation as a team, 从成人到陪同儿童, all who plant a seed in either the traditional or the higher tech lab garden of the college’s science building this month will be able to see the benefits of giving back next year. Volunteers are encouraged to drop by for the holidays and will be welcomed to the team, said White. Accompanied children are also encouraged to join the team for these Friday events.

Here’s a look at the remaining 2018 SPC 社区 Garden Volunteer Work Day 项目 schedule:

• 11月. 16 | 9 a.m.中午 | 在博士的停车场见面. 威廉·C. 戴维斯科学大楼，花园所在地. The campus is located at 1801 Martin Luther King Dr.
• 12月. 7 | 9 a.m.中午 在博士的停车场见面. 威廉·C. 戴维斯科学大楼，花园所在地. The campus is located at 1801 Martin Luther King Dr.

加入到St .的对话中. Philip’s 大学 100 Percent Organic Gardening Team Project, reach out to 2018 faculty member organizers Kathy White and Mary Cottier and Paula Englebert at 210-486-2755, kwhite@fuxipla.com, 210-486-2682 mcottier@fuxipla.com， 210-486-7241; penglebert@fuxipla.com 并访问 关于公民参与的大学网页.