| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
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| Overall Score | 53.79 |
| Liaison | Leslie North |
| Submission Date | March 5, 2020 |
Western Kentucky University
IN-7: Community Garden
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.50 / 0.50 |
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A brief description of the institution’s community garden:
The Office of Sustainability Garden Commons includes the backyard at the Office of Sustainability and a garden area at the WKU Foundation House. The Office of Sustainability garden area is a fruit and vegetable garden, while the space behind the WKU Foundation House is a sensory and herb garden. Both gardens are a learning landscape in which to grow knowledge, cultivate community, and nourish our connection to nature.
The fruit and vegetable garden offers an opportunity for students, faculty, staff, and community members to test innovative practices in backyard gardening while growing food for themselves and the WKU Food Pantry. The sensory and herb garden is designed to connect individuals to plants through their senses, particularly sight, smell, taste, and feel. The aromatic herbs grown in this garden are picked regularly and used by Aramark chefs for food served in Fresh. The sensory garden is primarily used by adult community members.
The fruit and vegetable garden offers an opportunity for students, faculty, staff, and community members to test innovative practices in backyard gardening while growing food for themselves and the WKU Food Pantry. The sensory and herb garden is designed to connect individuals to plants through their senses, particularly sight, smell, taste, and feel. The aromatic herbs grown in this garden are picked regularly and used by Aramark chefs for food served in Fresh. The sensory garden is primarily used by adult community members.
Website URL where information about the community garden is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
We are currently in the process of renovating the fruit and vegetable garden, as well as constructing a new sensory and herb garden, affecting fruit and vegetable production, as well as student usage.
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