On Saturday, Jan. 4, the Center of Mental and Spiritual Wellness Garden hosted a community garden and wellness workshop as part of its “Roots of Resilience” program.
The initiative, explains licensed clinical therapist and CMS Wellness founder Londen Gatewood, is a “gardening program that focuses on the mind, body, and spirit of the community through gardening, healthy eating, and physical movement.
“The activities of the day included a clean-up of the Zen garden. “So for the people who come here and co-work or have an event, it’s going to be a garden for them to just come out, chill, kind of relax as they come outside,” explains Lee Hightower III, vice chair of Center of Mental and Spiritual Wellness and lead organizer of the event.
Participants also had the chance to build the second soilless hydroponic tower. “It may look like soil, but it’s actually cocoa coir,” Lee explained…