Venice beach embodies creativity and cries individualism. Drum, circles, skateboards, vegetarian street shops, and bicycles galore! Here in lies the draw for many: Venice is a hippy haven. Anything, everything, nothing- do whatever you like here yet do it with a smile.
A small group did do what they like and created The Learning Garden- 60,000 ft of deep colored veggies and bright happy flowers grown in a land lot that used to contain tires, trash, drug dealing, and waste. Lo and behold this school Venice High School garden has become the one of the largest school gardens in the world. A project such as this never seizes to catch my fleeting attention.
Digging deeper into The Learning Garden, I discovered the founders partnerered with Venice High School in 2001 seeing an opportunity for community empowerment. City students partake in horticulture programs offering them a chance to dirty their hands and taste the sweetness of their labor.
Yo San University students work intimately with the garden studying natural herb remedies and UCLA runs their extension program here too! Volunteering is encouraged!
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More to come soon after I interview the founders...
