Hello! I'm Abby Noon, your new Volunteer Coordinator for the Intergenerational Garden at East Portland Community Center. I became involved with IRCO through Student Leaders for Service, a student department at Portland State University. I'm a double major in Economics and International Development there, with a long history of working in gardens up in Alaska, where I was born and raised.
I'm excited to be part of this project and see it blossom over the winter. The last few weeks I have worked on general maintenance in the garden: watering, weeding, and beginning the process of extracting fallen leaves from the plants in the native garden. My hope is to gather more volunteers and work on beautifying the garden space over the winter. Murals on the raised beds and multilingual sign posts for each different plant are just two ideas. The possibilities are endless as we take this garden through its first year.
I will be working in the garden every Wednesday from 1-3pm. Everyone is welcome to come by and help, munch on some arugula, or simply chat while enjoying the plants.
-Abby
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