Scouts help build up intergenerational garden in Marin City
When the Marin City Community Services District first conceived the idea to create an intergenerational community garden at its headquarters on Drake Avenue in Sausalito, officials there reached out to Westminster Presbyterian Church in Tiburon to see if the church had anyone willing to help construct a ramp for the space.
One of the church’s members, Jim Arce, was inspired. Arce is the leader of Scouts BSA Troop 48 in Tiburon, and he thought the garden could be a meaningful project for members of the troop working to earn their Eagle Scout rankings, the highest rank in the organization achieved through completion of a service-oriented leadership project.
Over the past three or so years, members of Troop 48, which currently has about 25 kids, have joined others in the community to help transform the garden from a mostly empty hillside to a mostly filled out garden, complete with planter boxes, a shade structure and cooking area, a fire pit, benches and more. In that time, seven of the troop’s scouts have earned their Eagle Scout ranking by completing a project in the garden, and one is currently working toward the ranking with a project that includes installing five new planters and a kumquat tree.
Read the complete story in our e-edition, or SUBSCRIBE NOW for home delivery and access to the digital replica.
Comment on this article on Nextdoor.
Comments