Best Buddies come to Beardsley!

It is spring and the farm is starting to bustle! Our bees are happy, we have three new chickens and two ducks, and we are beginning to start tomato and pepper plants in the greenhouse. But some of the most fun we have had has been with the Best Buddies group from Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
The Best Buddies Group joined us for an alternative Spring Break of volunteer service. Everyday from 8-12 the Buddies helped us with projects around the Farm and at the CAC office building. The first day they were here they lent us their muscles to pull up our old chicken fence, move it, and rebuild it. They also were wonderful at weeding our perennial flower beds. After a Disney-movie-song-filled-march up the the CAC building we began the process of weeding and preparing the parking islands in the CAC parking lot for the installation of edible landscaping. Our hope is to provide the clients of CAC and the Ridgebrook neighborhood with landscaping they can browse for herbs and berries to cook with. We worked on the edible landscaping for the rest of the week planting oregano, thyme, blueberries, rosemary, onions, and mint. In addition to helping us at Beardsley Farm the Best Buddies also went to Knox College to help rake the lawns clean of leaves, and assisted the Americorps members of the Emerald Youth Foundation with their after school program. The Best Buddies were amazing helpers and we couldn’t have done it without them! We had a wonderful time and made great friends.

If you would like to read more about their trip to Knoxville you can read the Best Buddies Blog.
The News Sentinel also wrote an article about the Best Buddies’ visit and our edible landscaping plan.

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