Kids and adults are tending to and learning from the growing Community Garden at Winter Park Presbyterian Church (WPPC). And at Dommerich Elementary School, a student hoping to become an Eagle Scout is managing the establishment of the school garden as his Eagle Scout project. Both garden projects received grant funding from Winter Park Health [...]
News from ‘August, 2010’
Horticulture Therapy Programs Thrive at Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Garden
Older Adults get a chance to practice Tai Chi along the shaded shoreline of Lake Osceola, stroll for exercise and attend classes focused on gardening topics thanks to a $9,625 grant awarded by the Winter Park Health Foundation through the Older Adults Work Group to the Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Garden. Designed to give [...]
Winter Park Health Foundation Grant Helps Calvary Towers Community Garden Grow
Residents at Calvary Towers, a Winter Park senior housing community for low-income adults age 62 or older, will have their own vegetable garden to plant and harvest, thanks to a $3,500 grant from the Winter Park Health Foundation (WPHF) through the Older Adults Work Group. Volunteer labor for constructing the beds will be provided by [...]
