September In The Community Garden
A Tiny Hiker’s Adventures in a Community Garden In September we spend our Friday afternoon either at the community garden in Massachusetts or at a park in Rhode Island. Both places have a playground, but our tiny hiker was keen on exploring the community garden or running along a trail. The community garden was the highlight of September. There was always something going on. Always exciting. Whether it was the seasonal changes of the garden beds or the people we met tending to their plants, or the heat wave or the dogs we’d meet. As a backdrop, a community garden is a single piece of land gardened collectively by a group of people. Among the rows of vegetables, fruits, and flowers, there's a common purpose. In our bustling, tech-driven society, it’s wonderful to find our young adventurer so absorbed in the natural world. This urban oasis has nuances to be fern-scrutinized, lessons to be leaf-learned, and most importantly, experiences to be growth-gained that no table...