This quarter is going to be a little rough, but I’m sure I’ll get through it. I’m currently enrolled in 22 units. Hopefully I’ll be able to complete all of them in order to make my fourth and final academic year less strenuous. All in all, even though LCS has a higher value in terms of units, this does not correlate with the amount of stress I feel about the class. Because I care so much about the topics that we cover, I feel as if the drive to do well is something that comes more naturally than my other courses, which helps to reduce the overall levels of stress in regards to the course.
This class period was fairly productive in terms of reconvening for discussing our HAPs. Our large group of girls working on St. Paul’s Plaza and Bayside has very ambitious goals for the quarter. We want to create a similar garden that are alumnus classmate, Neena, created at St. Paul’s Plaza at Bayside. With the construction of Bayside’s new community center, the community members had to tear apart their beloved garden. Due to this unfortunate circumstance, we thought Bayside would be a perfect place to recreate what the community members once had. We also love Bayside because of the enthusiasm and motivation that is held there. Corey is extremely interested in collaboration, and Rhiannon was able to speak with her church (located across the street) in order to allow for even more collaboration. In no way will we be short on hands for this project. The project will also be intergenerational, as its success could lead to collaboration with the public school located across the street. Bayside played a big part in the school’s initial existence, so being able to show the students the Bayside community center with a site for intergenerational gardening and a project will be an excellent addition to the community center.
Our goal is to create a semi-permanent structure at Bayside that could be used to model a temporary movable structure that we could bring to different places in San Diego. One of our ultimate goals is to be on the agenda the “Archtober Fest,” an event in the month of October put on by the San Diego Architectural Foundation. We would love to be a stop on the list of places that the architecture foundation suggests for their calendar during that event. The goal is ambitious, but I do plan to be around in the summer time to continue work on this project. Our main goal is to finish a solid proposal for the project to present at the symposium so that we can apply for funding in time to complete the project by October. We are all very interested and invested in helping the Bayside center, so I’m incredibly excited to see where this goes!
As someone who grew up shadowing my mother in her garden, I am utterly convinced that gardening is in fact an activity that can be prescribed as holistic medicine for a number of mental disabilities and incapacities. Spending time outdoors, touching dirt and tending to plants is enriching for your body and your soul. Being able to grant access to this kind of activity to deserving and appropriate communities is a blessing in and of itself.
This class period was fairly productive in terms of reconvening for discussing our HAPs. Our large group of girls working on St. Paul’s Plaza and Bayside has very ambitious goals for the quarter. We want to create a similar garden that are alumnus classmate, Neena, created at St. Paul’s Plaza at Bayside. With the construction of Bayside’s new community center, the community members had to tear apart their beloved garden. Due to this unfortunate circumstance, we thought Bayside would be a perfect place to recreate what the community members once had. We also love Bayside because of the enthusiasm and motivation that is held there. Corey is extremely interested in collaboration, and Rhiannon was able to speak with her church (located across the street) in order to allow for even more collaboration. In no way will we be short on hands for this project. The project will also be intergenerational, as its success could lead to collaboration with the public school located across the street. Bayside played a big part in the school’s initial existence, so being able to show the students the Bayside community center with a site for intergenerational gardening and a project will be an excellent addition to the community center.
Our goal is to create a semi-permanent structure at Bayside that could be used to model a temporary movable structure that we could bring to different places in San Diego. One of our ultimate goals is to be on the agenda the “Archtober Fest,” an event in the month of October put on by the San Diego Architectural Foundation. We would love to be a stop on the list of places that the architecture foundation suggests for their calendar during that event. The goal is ambitious, but I do plan to be around in the summer time to continue work on this project. Our main goal is to finish a solid proposal for the project to present at the symposium so that we can apply for funding in time to complete the project by October. We are all very interested and invested in helping the Bayside center, so I’m incredibly excited to see where this goes!
As someone who grew up shadowing my mother in her garden, I am utterly convinced that gardening is in fact an activity that can be prescribed as holistic medicine for a number of mental disabilities and incapacities. Spending time outdoors, touching dirt and tending to plants is enriching for your body and your soul. Being able to grant access to this kind of activity to deserving and appropriate communities is a blessing in and of itself.