Senior refugee garden

In 2015, Little House created a community garden and with recruited refugee seniors from UPAC-EMASS who were interested in gardening.  The Senior Refugee Garden was created with the assistance of HHSA-East Region who provided the materials and the expertise with Master Gardeners and a Landscape Designer.  El Cajon Collaborative hosted a Growers' Workshop earlier that summer and the most requested need was more land for growing. The garden continues to expand and thrive. It has become an inter-generational garden with the help of the Granite Hills Key Club, Molina Healthcare volunteers and soon the Boy Scouts.  The East Co. Senior Service Providers gifted the garden with three picnic tables.  Most recently a Composting Workshop was held in the garden and composting bins were built.  Stop by and see this amazing garden.  Donations are always welcome to install a patio for support groups and trainings, tree trimming, and landscaping.  (see more photos on the Photo Page.)

                                                         “Seeking Refuge in the Garden”
 
 There are many tired gardeners but I've seldom met old gardeners. I know many elderly gardeners but the  majorities are young at heart. Gardening simply does not allow one to be mentally old, because too many  hopes and dreams are yet to be realized. The one absolute of gardeners is faith. Regardless of how bad past  gardens have been, every gardener believes that next year's will be better. It is easy to age when there is  nothing to believe in, nothing to hope for.  Gardeners, however, simply refuse to grow up.    --Allan Armitage