The Carroll Terrace Community Garden is a partnership between the American Heart Association, West Virginia State University’s “Gus R. Douglass Land-Grant Institute,” Lowe’s of South Charleston, Ranson Stone, the West Virginia Department of Agriculture and the West Virginia American Water Company. Charleston Housing is also a major partner in the project.
The garden is handicapped-accessible and has raised beds for ease of use. The plots will belong to the tenants of all Charleston Housing facilities, especially those of Carroll Terrace, where the garden is located.
The garden also serves as a place where residents can be outside in a peaceful setting, as there are benches to sit on and a pergola to provide some shade and a comfortable place to sit and relax.
As a partner in this project, our work doesn’t stop with the creation of the garden. The American Heart Association will continue its “Hearty Eating and Gardening Club” with the Charleston Housing residents. We will provide monthly lunch-and-learns on topics like diet and nutrition, preventing a heart attack or stroke, etc. We are also planning a special Go Red For Women luncheon just for Charleston Housing tenants. Deanne Stein, a news reporter who also serves as a stroke advocate for the AHA – she’s a stroke survivor, will be the first guest starting in May. She will discuss stroke and the Power to End Stroke program and even run a news story on the event.
For more information about the Community Garden Project, please contact Kevin Pauley, American Heart Association at 304-720-9001 or Robert Loughery, Director of Communications for the Gus R. Douglass Land-Grant Institute for ACEOP West Virginia State University at 304-204-4002.
Our first lunch meeting of the “Heart-y Eating and Gardening Club” with Charleston Housing:
