I am so glad to finally be able to say,'I led a local project that resulted in fostering community involvement, developing skills and strengthening values'. This unique program physically resulted in a beautiful garden for a family, but intangibly it has given me marketable workplace skills and experience that I plan on using in the future. These are the skills I have been focusing on throughout this internship: This opportunity let me successfully lead and complete a home ga

Hello fellow gardeners and nature connoisseurs! I am very excited to share with you an internship opportunity I have been given to help me develop some very important marketable skills that will help me throughout my schooling and when I get my first “real” job. I am in charge of designing a green space for a home owner in Raleigh! The Victory Garden Network is an organization devoted to assisting students in learning the soft skills they need to be successful in the workplac

This Victory Garden was created from a grassy yard and transformed into a productive and leafy space by committed volunteers. NC State students, a local family, and Haven House came together to make this great garden; it's been created with sheet mulch and compost, cinder blocks that were then painted, and plants that were lovingly put into the dirt underneath a home-made greenhouse! As a team, we managed to make the garden and greenhouse, put rubber mulch under the play-set,

Hello Everyone! Thank you all for your support, we have managed to obtain all the supplies for Saturday’s garden installation. For the day-of, I have created a plan and have appointed a few volunteers to be mini-leaders, in charge of small steps of the project, in case someone has a question and I can't do two things at once! These mini-leaders have brief instructions for their step of the project, so they know what is going on. I have come to rely on time-management skills

Hello Everyone! First of all, you all deserve a round of applause! We have raised enough money to make a wonderful garden for the Roberts' family, but like most things in life it can always be improved. We would love to add a greenhouse over the garden to allow the kids to start seedlings in the spring and keep the critters out. The Robert’s backyard has lots of special “visitors.” We have raised 370 dollars and need just 130 dollars, so continue spreading the word! My mentor

Hi Everyone! I have made the website with all the information about this project in one place! Here it is: http://ellendub.wixsite.com/victorygarden I am still updating it as we go along! We are two weeks away from installation and just one week from picking out the plants! Thank you all for your interest and support in this project, I couldn't do it without you. I met the Roberts family this week and they are very excited to start a garden in their yard! Liz is a pastor at a

Hello Friends! We’re only three weeks away from installation! Thank you all! We have raised 170 dollars total so far and we have a busy family who wants a garden in their yard! On Monday I’m meeting them all in person and I’ll have more info on them and the direction of the project next week to keep you updated. I think it's important that you know why I am doing this project. I believe in helping people, in community, and in individual and environmental sustainability. Victo

Hello Volunteers, Welcome to the team! Thank you for your service on November 12 to help install a garden within walking distance of campus! Some of you mentioned that you are interesting in helping out in different ways, and I want to see if anyone wants to do the following the day of: 1) Take photos 2) Do interviews 3) Make a time lapse video I am also interested in finding those of you with special skills like: 1) Artists out there to paint 2) Designers to help me design t