Wednesday, October 17, 2012

The Emerson Avenue Community Garden's First Annual Fall Festival

On Saturday, October 13 in the Community Garden, we had our first Fall Festival.  It was filled with fun, games, pumpkins, and prizes.  Even though it started out slow, as time passed more people came and it was a great turn out.  We had deliciously scary treats, face painting, tattoos, and a craft table.  We had toss games, skill games and walking and jumping games.  We also had a beautiful pumpkin patch with scarecrows.  We had the best ever 1st Annual Fall Festival ever.  I hope I can come next year in 9th grade.
By Dalicia Cheatham
8th Grade OW student

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

College Days in the Garden

On Saturday, September 22, LMU  freshman came to The Emerson Avenue Community and Student Garden and helped tend and weed the garden.  They learned about the garden project and our school and ways that they could volunteer.
On Tuesday, September 25, UCLA came with nearly 100 freshman students to work in the garden with Orville Wright students and connect them with their greater Los Angeles community.
On Tuesday, October 16, LMU returned to our garden for Greek Week, bringing nearly 300 students to help weed, prepare beds for winter plantings and paint picnic benches.