Planting Food and Pride

Community Gardens of Chester County teamed up with volunteers from XL Insurance  to create some beautiful edible and perennial gardens for three families who are new owners of Habitat for Humanity homes in West Chester.  For several years, XL Insurance has come out with us on their annual Global Day of Giving to give back to the community, and we were so glad to have their help on this project!  It was a tough day of digging up some hard and rocky soil and moving wheelbarrow after wheelbarrow of topsoil and mulch, but the results made it all worthwhile!

Habitat for Humanity and CGCC have many things in common, including the goal of working to break the cycle of poverty by providing a hand up to low-income families who are taking steps to improve their lives, and in our efforts to build stronger communities while helping to meet basic needs.  We've been happy to work with them on many projects over the years, and it's always very inspiring to see how a little greenery can make a house feel even more like a home and foster pride in a neighborhood!  We interspersed blueberry, currant, and raspberry bushes, fruit trees, vegetables, and herbs among some perennial shrubs and flowers to create what we hope will be rewarding landscapes for years to come!

Thanks again to our wonderfully generous and hardworking volunteers from XL Insurance for being a part of this project!  We couldn't have done it without you!