Summer Season at the Grove Hall Roxbury Sunflower Garden with the Roxbury Sunflower Project and MPDC
Can you believe it!? Summer is almost over. Conversations will switch from swimming pools to school supplies, from sunscreen to scarves. I hope you have had an amazing summer. At the Grove Hall Roxbury Sunflower Garden there has been lots of hard work and lots of fun.
This Tuesday, August 27th, is our final event from 4:00- 6:00 pm at 639 Warren Street (at the corner of Warren and Crawford). There will be light refreshments, a collage activity, music and fun. Please join us and bring a friend.
Here's a recap of Roxbury Sunflower Project (RSP), Madison Park Development Corporation (MPDC) and "Make it Sensory" summer activities to date:
All ages and stages participated with "Make it Sensory"...
Each week, community folk enjoyed the making of beaded bracelets, coffee filter butterflies, hand prints, masks and more. New tables and chairs from MPDC allow us to set up shop in comfort.
Teens from the Greatest Minds stopped by and spent an afternoon making nature assemblages which Maria then embedded in resin. They will last forever!!!
There were butterfly prints...
Madison Park Development Corporation's Teens were a big help getting the Sunflower Garden weeded and watered. They also had some quality time with Maria making butterflies.
It was important for them to learn to recognize the weeds among the sunflowers...
To help with the watering on the site, Speak for the Trees gave us a water tank which they refilled weekly. We all learned how to use the spigot without getting drenched. Watering was done by hand!
In addition to bringing the water tank, Speak for the Trees staff Lilli and Jonathan helped us with weeding when they could.
We were lucky to have some volunteers. Although the gloves were oversized, our youngest volunteer, Nekeba was a champion helper. Her dad came along to help out.
We loved our shed, built by WORC2 but it needed a little something...
How about a beautiful Sunflower yellow coat.
MPDC teens enjoyed getting some paint on their hands.
Everything is better in yellow... Wouldn't you agree?
Well the closing chapter is tomorrow and we hope to see you in the garden for our final art making activities, refreshments, sunflowers and celebration at the Grove Hall Sunflower Garden at the corner of Warren and Crawford.
Abundant thanks for all the hands who planted, watered and supported this year,
Ekua Holmes for The Roxbury Sunflower Project and all of our partnering organizations: Madison Park Development Corporation, Martin's Park, Rose Kennedy Greenway, Speak for the Trees, WORC2, United Neighbors of Lower Roxbury Community Garden
