LifeROOTS Launches New Community Garden

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on August 26^th Provides Opportunity to Celebrate New Garden Cultivated by Individuals with Disabilities and Community Partners  

LifeROOTS, the central New Mexico-based not-for-profit organization serving the needs of children and adults with physical, developmental and/or behavioral challenges, is launching a new community garden at the organization’s headquarters in Albuquerque.  The LifeROOTS Community Garden has been created as place where LifeROOTS members can work together with others in the community to plant and cultivate flowers, fruits and vegetables – providing a source of learning, a source of pride and a source of community involvement as together LifeROOTS members partner with the community at this very special Garden located right in the LifeROOTS courtyard.

To celebrate the completion and launch of the LifeROOTS Community Garden, a Community Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Community Event will be held on Wednesday, August 26^th at LifeROOTS.  The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place from 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. at LifeROOTS, located at 1111 Menaul Boulevard NE in Albuquerque.  The Ribbon Cutting and Community Event will be attended by numerous community leaders, and will feature activities for both adults and children to experience some of what the garden has to offer both LifeROOTS members and individuals throughout the community.

“We are thrilled that the vision that we have had for the LifeROOTS Community Garden is now a reality, and so excited that our members will be able to experience the excitement, and pride, of cultivating their own garden and enjoying the fruits of their own labor,” says Kathleen Cates, LifeROOTS CEO, who began developing the idea of a LifeROOTS garden a number of years ago and has worked to help raise funds and secure donations to launch the garden.  “The LifeROOTS Community Garden will be a place where our members can work together with others in the community to plant and nurture beautiful flowers, fruits and vegetables and where we can all watch the miracle of nature as new “roots” take hold and the garden thrives in the months and years to come.”

 

In addition to working and cultivating the garden, the LifeROOTS Community Garden will also provide LifeROOTS members with a beautiful new space to eat and interact with each other in a communal environment.  Through their hands-on work in the garden, LifeROOTS members will also have the opportunity to learn nutritional information and absorb practical gardening techniques, learning the skills of planting and cultivating vegetables and discussing nutritional benefits and ways to prepare vegetables for healthy consumption. 

For more information about LifeROOTS and the LifeROOTS Community Garden, including additional details about the LifeROOTS Community Garden Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Community Event on August 26^th, visit  www.LifeROOTSnm.org or call 505-255-5501.