Juvenile Hall Garden Program Underway

Young men from B7 ward and volunteers from Catalyst for Youth are clearing a large section of land for the garden measuring 98 feet long by 12 feet wide. As you can see from the pictures below the plot has been taken over by crabgrass! The young men have risen to the occasion and are enthusiastically clearing the land. Erik Plato, a landscape architect is teaching the boys how to read a terrain map and design the garden accordingly.

Volunteer Russell Waite, a retired software engineer and a musician for the Mid-Pennisula Symphony is also an avid gardener and he brought bags and bags of soil conditioner and his rotatiller to help prepare the soil. New volunteer and garden enthusiast Andrew Ridley joined the Wednesday crew on April 25th and is looking forward to being a regular in the program.

New shovels donated by Willow Glen Baptist Church
were appreciated by the young men.

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The crab grass and heavy clay soil is finally yielding to the youth's
determination to clear the plot and prepare it for plants.

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Left pic: Erik Plato and Russell Waite lend their expertise.
Right: Volunteer Andrew Ridley chats with the youth from B7

The rotatiller has been essential to breaking up the heavy clay

Teamwork and cooperation between youth is an important
benefit! The young men shaking hands suggested that I take this picture.

More pictures from May

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