Memorial Hermann Greater Heights has partnered with Yvette Leno to support a community garden in Independence Heights. Beauty’s Community Garden is named after Yvette’s Grandmother, Beauty Leno, who started the garden in December of 2012. This community garden is a fertile ground for not only the fruits and vegetables that are grown there, but also for the community that it supports.
The ToolBank tools were borrowed by The Missions Continues Mallory Valle for a project with the Houston 2nd Platoon. Some of the tools included shovels, gloves, weed eaters, and iron rakes. All together 19 volunteers from CarMax, The Mission Continues, and The Americorps VISTA program were present.
The project was a 4 hour endeavor to tend to the garden. We repainted the shipping container that held the tools for the garden, pulled the weeds and laid down much needed mulch to make pathways for the volunteer gardeners.
What a great service project. We hope to come back again soon. Thank you all our volunteers!