The Community Garden club held a meeting March 27 in the Living Learning Center from 12:30 to 1 p.m. The garden is a place where students, faculty and community members come together to cultivate not only fresh produce but also lasting connections. Watering and weeding are ongoing tasks, with potential future projects including irrigation and accessible garden beds.

Taylor Redington, sophomore forensic investigations major, is the club president and describes the event as a community garden team informational meeting, held to update members and attract new participants. Taylor encourages interested individuals to reach out to the club, even if they can only participate occasionally, as giving back to the campus is valuable.

“If people are interested, I definitely recommend reaching out,” Redington said. “We have multiple people you can reach out to. Also just a community garden email through Washburn. It is definitely worth joining. It’s definitely worth joining, even if you can’t come all the time, like coming once or twice is just as good, and it’s a great thing to be able to give back to campus.”

Raelene Malsol, sophomore Psychology major, shared her experience at the meeting. Malsol learned about the event while searching online. She found the session informative, particularly enjoying lessons on soil types and grass control.

“I learned a lot about the different types of soil and how to kill grass, basically, from the people,” Malsol said. “I’m actually really looking forward to planting and just working in a garden, because I like gardening.”

Upcoming workdays are scheduled for Saturdays at 10 a.m. with the first focusing on installing new garden beds. The group is also requesting funding from the Washburn Student Government Association for soil and is collaborating with Common Ground for seedlings. They plan to plant onions, potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower first, followed by herbs, carrots, lettuce and beets. 

Edited by Stuti Khadka and Jeremy Ford