As a student during 2007-2014 the garden was a place of respite and wonder. I learned many things there and the experience of growing my own flowers that contributed to the health of pollinators was one I won’t forget. I hope the space will continue to be a spot to escape the bustle of life and enjoy our roots. Today, I grow a variety of garden fruit trees and vegetables at my home and I know my knowledge from my time in the garden is still flourishing and expanding. Future students should have those same opportunities and more.
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Keisha Jackson
6 years ago
Hello Sarah, I am one of the sustainable food interns at the RCC garden. An outbreak of what? Who was affected by this “outbreak”? When did this “outbreak” happen? Please provide a link to more information (as in an announcement from school officials, a campus news article.. something). Questioning because I have genuinely never heard this before. And I’ve also seen nothing that collaborate this story. There is no way, (due to student/ community health and legal liability), that garden would have remained open and functional of this had ever happened.
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Yolanda Yvonne Hayes
6 years ago
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Styles
6 years ago
Weeeed
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Sarah Elizabeth Raquel Reveles
6 years ago
I understand the need for a garden .. I do and i get... but you have to compromise there was an out break from that garden that really could killed all life stock and it came out the garden.. we can't have that risk and with corona virus break out.. they want to help but aslso preserve life too.. talk and see if you both can come with a safe agreement ..
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Bea Joslyn
6 years ago
Save the garden!!! :)
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Nicolas Ayala
6 years ago
SAVE THE WORLD.
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Victoria
6 years ago
Come on man I haven’t even had a chance to visit
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Arianna Lizarraga
6 years ago
I was able to have a space where I could feel calm as a student
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Gurumantra Khalsa
6 years ago
Wherever and whenever we have a choice to interact with nature in the form of a garden we open the door to infinite possibilities for connection and joy. Gardens represent many things to many people. That's the point. Sparking connections between soil, habitat, water, air, our food and well being, pays dividends in ways we'd never imagine.
But if we did . . . . what would it take for no one to ever go hungry again in Riverside? My guess is that there's a garden somewhere in that conversation. That's reason enough to keep yours and turn it into a resilient community resource.
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Gurumantra Khalsa
6 years ago
Wherever and whenever we have a choice to interact with nature in the form of a garden we open the door to infinite possibilities for connection and joy. Gardens represent many things to many people. That's the point. Sparking connections between soil, habitat, water, air, our food and well being, pays dividends in ways we'd never imagine.
But if we did . . . . what would it take for no one to ever go hungry again in Riverside? My guess is that there's a garden somewhere in that conversation. That's reason enough to keep yours and turn it into a resilient community resource.
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Kirstyn Kay
6 years ago
We need to be adding more resources like the RCC Urban Farm not taking them away. Our community and future depends on better education of urban farming!
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Leslie Swor
6 years ago
Surely there is another space at RCC for the Botany lab. Put your thinking caps on and find it instead of just taking over an already established garden that a group put their hearts, souls and sweat into.
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Daniele Simon-Thompson
6 years ago
The garden is an important part of student life here at RCC. I can't believe they would even think of doing this!
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Daniele Simon-Thompson
6 years ago
I sign this!!!!
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Alexis G Vasquez
6 years ago
Love the garden
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Luis Valdovinos
6 years ago
My name is Luis Valdovinos, I am a United States veteran who served in the declaired war in 2003 and in Fallujah, Iraq in 2004; the bloodiest battle since Vietnam. I have been a student at RCC since 2017 and have personally struggled with stress and having to worry how I will obtain my next meal. Fortunantly I ran into people that pointed me in the direction of the RCC garden, and they told me that on certain days of the week, we can harvest food. I have been in need of food plenty of times and thank God for the garden. The garden has help me aliviate some of the stress that I encounter as a stugggling student as far as food goes. Not only does the garden provide for for for when I am hungry, it also reliaves my stress whn school is overwelming. Going to the and picking food and waterimg plats is a strss releaver that not even prescriptions have been able to do. Please, dont shut the gatden down. Like myself, it is a place that brings peace to myself and others who suffer with PTSD.
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selah crawford
6 years ago
a necessity!
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Andria Hancock-Crear
6 years ago
This is an essential community resource, don't restrict it and don't change it!
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Keisha Forsythe
6 years ago
When we start allowing administration to take over student spaces, we start to lose ownership of and connection to our campuses. For the past 8 years, this garden space has been more than a place where we put plants in the ground. We have fed people, employed people, provided space for someone’s very first art show, engaged with community members and local schools.... the list goes on. Repurposing this space is not only inconsiderate of students and community members, it’s also selfish of administration.
As a student during 2007-2014 the garden was a place of respite and wonder. I learned many things there and the experience of growing my own flowers that contributed to the health of pollinators was one I won’t forget. I hope the space will continue to be a spot to escape the bustle of life and enjoy our roots. Today, I grow a variety of garden fruit trees and vegetables at my home and I know my knowledge from my time in the garden is still flourishing and expanding. Future students should have those same opportunities and more.
Hello Sarah, I am one of the sustainable food interns at the RCC garden. An outbreak of what? Who was affected by this “outbreak”? When did this “outbreak” happen? Please provide a link to more information (as in an announcement from school officials, a campus news article.. something). Questioning because I have genuinely never heard this before. And I’ve also seen nothing that collaborate this story. There is no way, (due to student/ community health and legal liability), that garden would have remained open and functional of this had ever happened.
♡
Weeeed
I understand the need for a garden .. I do and i get... but you have to compromise there was an out break from that garden that really could killed all life stock and it came out the garden.. we can't have that risk and with corona virus break out.. they want to help but aslso preserve life too.. talk and see if you both can come with a safe agreement ..
Save the garden!!! :)
SAVE THE WORLD.
Come on man I haven’t even had a chance to visit
I was able to have a space where I could feel calm as a student
Wherever and whenever we have a choice to interact with nature in the form of a garden we open the door to infinite possibilities for connection and joy. Gardens represent many things to many people. That's the point. Sparking connections between soil, habitat, water, air, our food and well being, pays dividends in ways we'd never imagine. But if we did . . . . what would it take for no one to ever go hungry again in Riverside? My guess is that there's a garden somewhere in that conversation. That's reason enough to keep yours and turn it into a resilient community resource.
Wherever and whenever we have a choice to interact with nature in the form of a garden we open the door to infinite possibilities for connection and joy. Gardens represent many things to many people. That's the point. Sparking connections between soil, habitat, water, air, our food and well being, pays dividends in ways we'd never imagine. But if we did . . . . what would it take for no one to ever go hungry again in Riverside? My guess is that there's a garden somewhere in that conversation. That's reason enough to keep yours and turn it into a resilient community resource.
We need to be adding more resources like the RCC Urban Farm not taking them away. Our community and future depends on better education of urban farming!
Surely there is another space at RCC for the Botany lab. Put your thinking caps on and find it instead of just taking over an already established garden that a group put their hearts, souls and sweat into.
The garden is an important part of student life here at RCC. I can't believe they would even think of doing this!
I sign this!!!!
Love the garden
My name is Luis Valdovinos, I am a United States veteran who served in the declaired war in 2003 and in Fallujah, Iraq in 2004; the bloodiest battle since Vietnam. I have been a student at RCC since 2017 and have personally struggled with stress and having to worry how I will obtain my next meal. Fortunantly I ran into people that pointed me in the direction of the RCC garden, and they told me that on certain days of the week, we can harvest food. I have been in need of food plenty of times and thank God for the garden. The garden has help me aliviate some of the stress that I encounter as a stugggling student as far as food goes. Not only does the garden provide for for for when I am hungry, it also reliaves my stress whn school is overwelming. Going to the and picking food and waterimg plats is a strss releaver that not even prescriptions have been able to do. Please, dont shut the gatden down. Like myself, it is a place that brings peace to myself and others who suffer with PTSD.
a necessity!
This is an essential community resource, don't restrict it and don't change it!
When we start allowing administration to take over student spaces, we start to lose ownership of and connection to our campuses. For the past 8 years, this garden space has been more than a place where we put plants in the ground. We have fed people, employed people, provided space for someone’s very first art show, engaged with community members and local schools.... the list goes on. Repurposing this space is not only inconsiderate of students and community members, it’s also selfish of administration.