MLK Community Garden in Shreveport (Photo: SFD)
MLK Community Garden in Shreveport (Photo: SFD)
Shreveport, Louisiana (KTAL/KMSS) – Shreveport Fire Chief Clarence Ross and members of the SFD, along with volunteers and city leaders, are working with Shreveport Greens to help restore the Reverend Martin Luther King’s neighborhood. expanded its community garden. holiday.
Shreveport Green, an affiliate of Keep Louisiana Beautiful Community, received $25,000 from the Loews Hometown Program for the Martin Luther King Community Garden Project in 2022.
They built a pergola and fence, painted a large storage container, and were able to improve six vegetable beds with funding last September. At this time, Lowe’s employees and Shreveport Green volunteers at the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King Drive and Legardy Street he completed a $25,000 project. .
Other Shreveport Green Gardens are located at five Shreveport SPAR centers including Airport Park, Bilbury Park, Hattie Perry Park, Hollywood Heights Park and Lakeside Park. Ten additional Shreveport Green Gardens include Caddo Heights Math/Science Elementary School, Claiborne Elementary School, Cresswell Elementary School, EB Williams Stoner Hill Elementary Lab School, JS Clark Elementary School, Lynnwood Public Charter School, Midway Professional Development Elementary School, You can find them in elementary schools such as Sunset. Acres Elementary School, Warner Park Elementary School, Westwood Elementary School.
Gardens at Centenary College of Louisiana and the VOA Lighthouse Center gardens on Travis Street are also pieces of the puzzle in Shreveport Green’s progress, and the organization’s website states that more community gardens are in the works. It has been.
King’s dream was that one day we could all sit together at the table of brotherhood. And on this beautiful Monday, the friends stood together and tended the soil of their brothers and sisters. only time will tell. But there is no doubt that the harvest will be shared around many tables.
Founded in March 1990, Shreveport Greens was originally supported and encouraged by the Shreveport Medical Association and was a joint project of the Shreveport Beautification Foundation and the Shreveport Clean Community Commission. By 1992, the Clean Communities Commission had merged with Shreveport Green and he is now governed by a 24-member board. Shreveport Green educates the public about environmental issues and reaches out to as many people as possible through a variety of environmental education programs and services.
To volunteer at Shreveport Green, call (318) 219-1888 or visit their website for more information.