{"id":36832,"date":"2024-04-04T14:23:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T18:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=36832"},"modified":"2024-04-19T14:18:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T18:18:51","slug":"students-to-launch-community-garden-at-homestead-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/students-to-launch-community-garden-at-homestead-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Students To Launch Community Garden At Homestead Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Jack Taks first set foot on Homestead Campus in August of 2022, he was surprised there was no on-campus garden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI found [that to be] crazy because Homestead is big on agriculture,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 20-year-old, who has been gardening for more than a decade, wanted to bring community and conservation education to Miami Dade College.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last April, Taks, a landscape architecture major, partnered with classmate Helen Tarrau to make the garden a reality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The $40,000 project, which Tarrau hopes will be completed by the summer, will be funded by the campus and housed in the grassy area in front of building G, behind building A and building H.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will feature fauna like Bridie flowers and vegetables such as bok choy, lettuce, tomatoes, potatoes, broccoli and carrots, Taks said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There will also be South Florida native plants like coontie palm, locus berries, beauty berries and wild lime to attract pollinators and create a safe haven for the <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Pine Rocklands<\/span>, one of most endangered habitats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The approximately 680 sq. ft. outdoor space will be made with recycled wood pallets, which will be used to build the planter beds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concrete slabs were recently placed as a foundation to make the garden accessible for people with disabilities. Marble chip rocks will surround the concrete slabs, along with a mural and trellises for native Florida plants to grow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A groundbreaking took place last spring. Students used shovels to scoop dirt from a mound where the garden will be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The student-led project will offer students hands-on experience in gardening. An open-house and day of service is planned to plant seeds and paint, design and build the garden beds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Workshops will be conducted to show students\u00a0 gardening practices they can implement at home, such as composting. <\/span>In the future, the team hopes to host events to plant seeds and have workshops on the importance of pollinators and worms.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019re the Homestead Campus, like, we\u2019re \u2018home,\u2019\u201d Tarrau said. \u201cIn my mind the garden will just make it more nurturing, more us. And it also gives students a chance to learn.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taks and Tarrau, who are members of the Homestead Gardening Innovation and Awareness Club, worked together on the design of the garden.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI remember when we met a long time ago, we were discussing locations for this garden that they wanted to create and [Jack] hand drew everything,\u201d said Laura Rodriguez, the director of campus administration at Homestead Campus who is overseeing the project. \u201cHe had photos of trees and everything else. It was quite beautiful.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information, contact Tarrau at <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"mailto:helen.tarrau001@mydc.net\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">helen.tarrau001@mydc.net<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.us19.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4fc6146412415baee32007fd7&amp;id=b5cd3712dc\"> here<\/a><\/span> to subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter, The Hammerhead. For news tips, contact us at mdc.thereporter@gmail.com.<\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36831\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36831\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Untitled-design-1-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-36831 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Untitled-design-1-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Untitled-design-1-3.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Untitled-design-1-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Untitled-design-1-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Untitled-design-1-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Untitled-design-1-3-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Work In Progress: Concrete slabs in the grassy area in front of building G, behind building A and building H, will serve as the foundation for the community garden at Homestead Campus. 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