Filtering by tag: ability garden ✕

Tabletop work In Lewis Greenhouse

Green Socializing

At the N.C. Cooperative Extension, New Hanover County Center and Arboretum, the Lewis Greenhouse is a vibrant, thriving sanctuary. It isn’t just a structure of glass and steel; it is a living…

Microgreens growing in a clamshell and paper cup

Growing Microgreens in the Ability Garden

As a Public Health student when it was time to find an internship, I jumped at the chance to work at The Ability Garden. Unbeknownst to me, to teach therapeutic horticulture and nature-based…

Kitchen Scraps, Celery, Spring onions in windowsill

Eat & Repeat: Kitchen Scrap Gardens

Are you eager to start planting your garden, but don’t have any seeds on hand? Look no further than your kitchen scraps! It is as simple as placing the root end of the vegetable or herb in a dish…

Sony Muldrow with Ability Garden intern at plant sale

Gardener Spotlight - Building community with plants

Sonya Muldrow is a Creekwood resident who has been working for years to bring gardening into her neighborhood. Along the way she has accomplished a lot. Starting with a Culinary Arts degree from Cape…

clover cover cop in raised bed

Ability Garden Moves Forward and Grows

2022 has been a year of transitions as we moved out of COVID restrictions and back to a more normal pattern of life. It has been great to get back into the schools, working with students in outdoor…

Youth tabletop gardening at NHC Arboretum outdoor classroom

Therapeutic Horticulutre in New Hanover County

In New Hanover County, we are: “Empowering the underserved through gardening, education, inclusion and community engagement.”Founded in 1999 by the Friends of the New Hanover County Arboretum as the…