Sharen Chatterton » Community Garden

North Richland Hills Community Garden Ribbon Cutting

Sharen — Wed, 04 May 2011 21:23:37 +0000

Saturday was a beautiful day for the North Richland Hills Community Garden Ribbon Cutting, officially opening up the “Common Ground” Garden. There were so many people there, from Mayor Trevino to the kids from Holiday Heights, singing some great garden songs. The garden looked really fantastic, all the plots are planted and growing beautifully. The new rain barrel system on the North side will be up and running before long and the rain barrels were painted so creatively by Victoria Barth, they really add fun and color to the garden. The painting I did for the garden “Common Grounds” was unveiled in it’s new home. It was framed and mounted on the east side of the garden shed and I must say it looked spectacular. It was so much fun face painting and visiting with all the folks that came out for the celebration.

Read more about the ribbon cutting here:

Our Everyday Earth

Common Ground Community Garden

Sharen — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:17:48 +0000

Starting Project

Things have really been busy this month, both on and off the canvas. I have been involved with the new NRH community garden, called Common Grounds. This garden will be a group effort between The City of North Richland Hills, Davis Memorial United Methodist Church and a very enthusiastic group of community volunteers. Our hope is to build a sense of community pride and to act as a center for educating and encouraging others to participate in gardening communities wherever they live. We promote organic growing and being good stewards of our earth. We will also encourage our gardeners to share a portion of their bounty with N.E.E.D. and The Community Enrichment Center. The process of building the beds, the garden center, and all the amenities will begin November 6th. Home Depot and Team Depot are major sponsors in this project, supplying materials and man power to make this garden a reality. I am so honored to have been asked to create an outdoor piece for the Common Grounds garden. Keep NRH Beautiful will sponsor the 3′ x4′ piece that I will design for the outside of the garden center. I’ll be posting progress on the garden and the art, as the project begins.

Common Ground Sketch

https://sites.google.com/site/nrhcommunitygarden/garden-artist

Common Ground Community Garden

Sharen — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:53:34 +0000

Summer II by Sharen Chatterton

Our city is in the planning stages of a community garden, called Common Ground. I am so excited about the ability to have a larger garden plot than we have in our small side yard. This community garden will provide the opportunity for people to participate in a venue that will not only allow them to grow some fresh vegetables, yum, but to educate folks about organic gardening, beneficial and harmful insects, plant diseases and organic controls, as well as getting kids involved in gardening and becoming better stewards of our earth. We are, as I said, in the planning stage, but I am so excited to be getting in on the ground floor of what promises to be a wonderful adventure. There has also been talk of an art component to the garden, which would allow me the opportunity to do some of my work in a format that could withstand the Texas weather; providing vibrant colors in the Common Ground Garden all year long. Can’t wait to see the end product. The city is planning to break ground in October and be ready for spring plantings. I’ll keep you up to date on the progress.