This past weekend, I didn’t go to the Friday workday for the new Root Riot community garden in Oak Park, but I did attend Saturday’s. A productive day was had by all. We mulched, we shoveled, we filled raised beds, we smoothed out soil, we stapled landscape fabric, we created a soil mound on the north side of the lot, and we drank a lot of water. I had a couple of good chats with Amy, who is a landscape architect and one of the founders of Root Riot.
At the end of the day, the view from the back of the lot looked like this:
Are you in this photo? Let me know in the comments if you are and want to identify yourself. Or don’t, of course, if you wish to remain stealthy. If you’re a member who is renting a plot, feel free to share anything about what you’re planting as well.
