Barbara K. Brooks Transition House
The Barbara K. Brooks Transition Home in Georgetown, Delaware provides a safe, supportive home environment for women recovering from addiction. Three years ago, the Salt Air Gardeners created a partnership with the Home to teach the women residents how to create, plant, and tend to a vegetable garden.
The women in the house selected the plants, the Salt Air Gardeners committee members purchased them and taught the women how to prepare the soil, weed, plant the vegetables and water and take care of them throughout the growing season. The first year’s yield had some successes and some disappointments.
Last year, learning from our gardening journey, we were much more successful - lots of tomatoes, peppers, squash, strawberries, and cucumbers were harvested for the women to enjoy. Additionally, a memorial garden was planted last summer, with a butterfly bush and crepe myrtle to honor women who lost their lives to addiction.
We are planning to provide vegetable plants this year, and are confident that the women, who have learned how to garden, will continue their gardening journey.
The women in the house selected the plants, the Salt Air Gardeners committee members purchased them and taught the women how to prepare the soil, weed, plant the vegetables and water and take care of them throughout the growing season. The first year’s yield had some successes and some disappointments.
Last year, learning from our gardening journey, we were much more successful - lots of tomatoes, peppers, squash, strawberries, and cucumbers were harvested for the women to enjoy. Additionally, a memorial garden was planted last summer, with a butterfly bush and crepe myrtle to honor women who lost their lives to addiction.
We are planning to provide vegetable plants this year, and are confident that the women, who have learned how to garden, will continue their gardening journey.
