Glen Hazel Community Garden Shed Build

Come on out and join Pittsburghs Hazelwood Platoon and our partners, The Hazelwood Initiative and the Hazelwood Urban Agriculture Team, as we build a shed for the Glen Hazel Community Garden. The value of a community garden to any given neighborhood is well-researched and well-documented. Food security and nutritional sovereignty, greater connection to nature, the benefits of light physical exercise, improved community cohesion, and reduced crime rates are just a few of the benefits that a community garden brings to a neighborhood. Glen Hazel, in particular, stands to benefit due to the fact that this district of Hazelwood is entirely Section 8 federal housing, therefore residents do not own their homes or the land where they live and need a resource such as this to provide these benefits listed above. The building of this shed will provide a place for storing and securing a set of tools to which anyone wishing to use this garden can have access. This is a key element towards establishing a fully functional garden resource. In addition, we anticipate further benefits specific to this shed by providing a means to collect rainwater for crop irrigation. Currently the site is not directly served by city water supply.

Type

Support Event

What To Wear

Wear your blue TMC t-shirts, long pants, and close-toed shoes. This is an outdoor event where we will be building a shed and possibly digging in dirt to finally place the shed on level ground. Please wear clothing you won't mind getting dirty and bring wet weather gear in case we get rain.

What to Bring

Bring a positive attitude and desire to help your neighbors in Hazelwood.

Inclement Weather

Event will happen, rain or shine. Please dress appropriately for weather. If, for some reason we get rain, we will have a tent area setup to cut lumber, but we will be putting the shed together in the rain.