Article List
DateSubjectAuthor
05/08/2015 Arab-American Immigrants--Who are these people?
We would be better served as a nation if more Americans would step outside the box of stereotypical thinking and take a look at the bigger picture when it comes... 		Liz Berry
05/07/2015 Thoughts On Personal Choice
The more I see, the more I am coming to believe that our only hope/defense against terrorism is to increase our own education and understanding of the world we... 		Liz Berry
05/06/2015 On Communities, Myths, Half Truths and Outright Lies
It’s interesting and also can be frightening how myths persist in the face of facts but they do. With the recent incident at the Garland Cullwell Center, once... 		Liz Berry
04/29/2015 Creating Thriving Urban Neighborhoods
A Pocket Neighborhood Community Created by Architect Ross Chapin Last night I attended a lovely event in Oak Cliff with two members of the board of Loving... 		Liz Berry
04/26/2015 Monarch Caterpillars are in the Garland Community Garden
Three Monarch Caterpillars munching on a milkweed at the Garland Community Garden - April 25, 2015 Journey North reported that Monarch butterflies left their... 		Liz Berry
04/25/2015 The Lens of Historical Perspective Often Yield the Final Truth
Photos courtesy U.S. Library of Congress Who needs the ocean when you have DDT? Only years after the damage is done do we learn the truth about some... 		Liz Berry
04/24/2015 Snapshots from the Garland Community Garden
What's worse than a grandmother who shows you pictures of all her grandchildren? Answer: an enthusiastic gardener with garden photos The Mini Butterfly... 		Liz Berry
04/23/2015 Build a New Model--a Plant-Based Local Economy
Garland Community Garden: Becky and Ed Browning installing their square foot garden. "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change... 		Liz Berry
04/17/2015 The Tent Caterpillars and more are here!
Tent Caterpillar Garland Community Garden - Morning of April 17, 2015 8 AM It's confirmed! They are everywhere--even down at the Discovery Gardens . After... 		Liz Berry
04/16/2015 Fast-Growing Urban Agricultural Opportunities in Garland
Patches of wildflowers and clover are left for the bees in the meadow at the Garland Community Garden - 4022 Naaman School Road Can you judge a community by how... 		Liz Berry
04/10/2015 Nothing Says Community Like a Garden
Dawn poses for a photo with her son Miles in the Garland Community Garden after they plant gourd seeds that will be used to build bird houses in the fall. Like... 		Liz Berry
04/07/2015 Loving Garland Green Plant Sale
J.M. Garg - Indian Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros birostris) eating Bakain (Melia Azadirachta) berries at Roorkee, Uttarakhand W IMG 9016 What's it like at a Loving... 		Liz Berry
04/01/2015 Rain Barrels, Blue Birds, Chaparrals and Hugelkulturs at the Garland Community Garden
Another Rain Barrel Added to the Garden Garland Community Garden has a new rain barrel that was installed April 1, 2015. This rain barrel was created by Ken... 		Liz Berry
03/26/2015 A Model for Expanding Urban Agriculture into the Community
Creating a loving, growing, learning, sustainable community habitat for people, animals and even insects right here in Garland, Texas The continuing... 		Liz Berry
03/15/2015 The Pure Joy of the Garden
March 14, 2015 - Blackland Prairie Sampler was planted. Visit now to read about this new garden plot added to the Garland Community Garden and visit throughout... 		Liz Berry
03/12/2015 Spring is Approaching the Garden
Colby's Tremendous Tomatoes--Coming Attraction to the Garland Community Garden! March 12 Colby Clark is shown above turning the organic matter that will soon... 		Liz Berry
03/07/2015 Can We Purchase Chokeberry Shrubs Locally?
WHY DON'T WE HAVE PLANTS LIKE THIS FOR SALE IN OUR NURSERIES (OR DO WE?) AND WHY DON'T WE SEE EDIBLES LIKE THIS IN OUR GROCERY STORES? If I were queen of my... 		Liz Berry
03/05/2015 SNOW and NEWS FROM THE GARDEN
What do you do when it snows? I play in the snow with friends from Loving Garland Green down at the Garland Community Garden. Among other things, we were... 		Liz Berry
03/04/2015 Two Blackland Prairie Adventures Await You in Garland Texas
and the only expense we incurred was a little gas for the car . . . there is a lot of free green fun to be had in and about Garland Adventure One: Redhill... 		Liz Berry
03/03/2015 A Great and Soggy Day in the Gardens
In the back of Garland Community Garden near the Children's Garden the jonquils bloom bring the promise of warmer times--some day. Today was an all day... 		Liz Berry