Charlotte Jewish News - October 2015 - Page 11
Seedlings for Garden Begin to Germinate
Seeds have sprouted,
plants are potted, and devel
opment is under way at
Shalom Park Community
Garden.
The garden, loeated near
the Levine-Sklut Library and
the Dumas Aetivity Center,
is part of the Shalom Green
initiative to improve envi
ronmental awareness and in-
erease sustainability at
Shalom Park.
Teenage summer eampers
planted a variety of fall and
winter vegetable seeds in
August while Rabbi
Jonathan Frierieh taught
them about Jewish laws re
lated to proteeting the Earth.
The seedlings were later
transplanted into small pots
by members of the garden
eommittee. Teaehing reli
gious values is one of the
missions of the garden.
When eompleted, the gar
den will inelude raised beds
and trellises for the vegeta
bles, whieh will be distrib
uted by Friendship Trays and
the Jewish Family Serviees
Food Pantry. The garden’s
infrastrueture also will fea
ture a shaded work station and
benehes for sitting and enjoying
the flowers, trees, and herbs.
The plantings will inelude fruit
trees sueh as fig and pomegranate,
grapevines, and herbs sueh as
lavender, parsley, rosemary, and
sage that have relevanee to the
Jewish faith. A variety of leafy
Planting seedlings.
Seedlings going in.
and flowering perennials will en
sure attraetive spaees in the gar
den throughout the year.
In spring, early vegetable starts
will inelude tomatoes, eueumbers,
squash, snow peas, and the herbs.
Also grapevines, shasta daisies,
blaek-eyed Susans, and eonefiow-
ers.
In summer, vegeta
bles will be harvested
and flowering peren
nials and herbs will be
in bloom.
In autumn, asters
and pansies will blos
som while winter veg
etables sueh as onions,
garlie broeeoli, eauli-
fiower, and lettuee
will be planted.
The garden will
provide bursts of eolor
throughout the winter
thanks to Aretie Fire
Dogwoods, pansies,
and Lenten roses.
Primrose will bloom
in Mareh.
The garden is being
built by eommunity
volunteers under di-
reetion of eonsultant
and designer Bobbie
Mabe and the Shalom
Park Garden eommit
tee. Anyone interested
in helping to build
struetures or plant
the garden on Oetober
4 should eontaet
Yonathan Thull at eat-
alyst.ahelpinghand@
gmail.eom.
The garden eould also use your
help in the form of donations to
build additional garden features.
* $72 will buy a tree
* $162 will pay for a beneh
* $360 will buy a raised bed
* 720 will pay for a trellised
bed
All donations are tax de-
duetible. Cheeks should be made
out to the Foundation of Shalom
Park with “eommunity garden” in
the memo line and mailed to
Foundation of Shalom Park, 5007
Providenee Road, Suite 102,
Charlotte, NC 28226.^
Shalom Green
Challenge
Wondering how you can do your part to protect the
planet? Take the Shalom Green Challenge. Shalom
Green and LJCC Cares are teaming up to offer fami
lies and individuals the opportunity to go green at
home. Register to receive monthly challenges -
connected to Jewish values - to live more sustainably.
Learn about important environmental topics and
Jewish values related to them; discuss with family and
friends how you can get involved; act to live more
sustainably at home; unite through special events and
social media with other families who share your
interest. For more information or to sign up, email
Julie Rizzo, LJCC Director of Social Action, at
julie.rizzo@charlottejcc.org.
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