neighborhoods

the garden around the corner

while we have been

tending our wee plants

, we have really been getting inspired by the garden around the corner. we took a walk over there a few weeks ago and visited with karen who is the go-getter behind it.

this garden was carved out of a kudzu-covered vacant lot behind some houses and a church by the bare hands of many volunteers from the neighborhood and beyond. it is in its second year of growing. the garden was recently

awarded for its efforts

.

they have a 'museum' of all the artifacts they have unearthed: