The following blog was written by Brittany
Angst, a senior Accounting major on Oxford's campus, about her volunteer work
with HUGS (Hamilton Urban Garden Systems) at Booker T. Washington Community
Center.
This summer I have been volunteering for Hamilton community garden systems (HUGS). The organization encourages individuals living within the city of Hamilton to grow their own produce using creative methods that require much less space and energy than traditional gardening. I have learned so much while volunteering at the Booker T. Washington Community Center garden! I never knew that peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers could be grown inside raised boxes so easily.The organization has quite a few gardens all over the city and residents are encouraged to help care for the gardens. I worked at a new area that they created that is a part of the Booker T. Washington Community Center. Twice a week I would water all the plants in the evenings, and occasionally I would even pick a few weeds.
The methods that were used to grow the produce made watering and caring for the garden very easy and I was impressed with how much easier it was to grow plants in small boxes instead of the traditional giant space-