Westmont Gardens Get Fruitful Additions Santa Barbara
Collaboration SBCC’s horticultural program,
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Volunteers will be planting more than 40 fruit trees, providing a
variety of campus-grown produce for Westmont College’s dining
services.
Alumnus Anthony Waldrop, class of 2011, will lead the planting from noon
to 3 p.m. Friday at two vegetable gardens he built last spring.
Waldrop, an employee of Sodexo, which provides dining services to
Westmont’s Dining Commons, has enlisted the expertise and labor of the
Santa Barbara City College environmental horticultural program for the
tree planting project.
The Westmont College Student Association gave $1,400 for the purchase of
guava, avocado, apple, Satsuma mandarin and pomegranate trees as well as
kiwifruit vines from Beard Tropics Nursery. Santa Barbara County has
donated mulch for the trees. All Around Landscape Supply has also donated
materials.
“By putting in perennials, we’re creating a legacy of permaculture at
Westmont for years to come,” Waldrop said. “The trees will border the two
campus gardens, creating a space where the Westmont community can enjoy
the serenity of a diverse landscape. We will also be able to increase the
variety of produce that we donate to Bread of Life, a campus meal-sharing
program.”
Waldrop is collaborating with Mike Gonella, head of SBCC’s horticultural
program, who is bringing his Intro to Horticulture class to Westmont to
assist with the planting.
“I’m hoping that the garden project can bring together entities on campus
as well as in the larger Santa Barbara community,” Waldrop said. “Santa
Barbara is such a garden-friendly city that projects such as these
provide many opportunities for collaboration.”
Margie Bushman
Coordinator, SBCC Center for Sustainability
http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/
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