Growing. Giving. Receiving
In the past 15 years, I have committed myself to teaching hundreds of volunteers of all ages the joys of Organic gardening for those in need. Community gardening changed my life. It changed how I gardened, how I do business and how I choose to give back to the world. I want everyone to know the joys of working the soil and enjoying food and drink communally. I think growing and giving to the world in a way that is meaningful, healthy and sustainable could quite possibly be the way to achieving happiness for all.
Awards, Recognition and Media
2005 Awarded Rotary International's " Mike Shanahan Award" for efforts in feeding the hungry in Seattle.
2005 Featured in Organic Gardening Magazine in a 6 page spread that highlighted the seed to table dinners held weekly after garden work parties.
2006 Featured in Washington Post article "P-Patch Party People"
2010 Featured on PBS award winning Television show Growing a Greener World.This national Public Television show focuses on compelling and inspirational people making a positive impact on the planet through gardening. http://www.growingagreenerworld.com/episode121/
2010 Interbay Giving Garden Co- Leaders Deb Rock and Jude Berman were featured in Seattle Public Library's annual calendar with some of Seattle's most notable celebrities, artists, business people and community movers and shakers.
2013 Featured speaker at the American Community Gardening Association's conference held at the University of Washington August of 2013. Deb and her co leaders spoke on the topic of " Creating a Sustainable Volunteer Community" outlining various success principles that they have developed together over the past 10 years.
photos Tino Tran Photograpy
For more information on Seattle's Giving Garden Network, please visit sggn.org