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A 300-square-foot âhealing gardenâ was starting to take shape Saturday morning behind the community center of the Lee Crossley Veterans Community, on Honor Lane in Temple.
Amber Kelley, a city of Temple stormwater specialist, said it was a joint effort by the city, Keep Temple Beautiful, Girl Scout Troop 8226 and the Un-Included Club. About 30 volunteers worked on the raised-bed garden and on planting trees.
âPrograms like this help the community as a whole,â Kelley said. âWeâre all chipping in and helping the veterans. Weâre building the planters. Theyâll be wheelchair accessible.â
Covering the backyard with soil and using crushed granite for pathways, she said at mid-morning, would probably be a two-day project.
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TEMPLE, Texas In a small cul-de-sac in North Temple, veterans are getting a new lease on life at the Lee Crossley Veteran s Community, appropriately found on Honor Lane. If you drive up and down the streets of Temple, you ll see some veterans pushing carts up and down and at night, you ll see veterans taking their carts and sleeping under overpasses and that s just a sad sad thing for our country to do to our veterans, said Pat Patterson who helped the community come together through a vision with Fort Hood Area Habitat for Humanity and Keep Temple Beautiful.
Local volunteers are bringing their green thumbs to the Lee Crossley Veterans Community in Temple on Saturday in an effort to construct a âhealing gardenâ for its residents.
âThe garden will be wheelchair accessible with raised beds and will be a place of tranquility that will provide our veterans with healthy eating,â Amber Kelley, a city of Temple stormwater program specialist, said in a news release.
Organizers also noted how 10 six-foot oak trees will be planted on the property.
The event â organized by the city of Temple Stormwater Program and Keep Temple Beautiful â will draw additional assistance from Citizens for Progress, the Un-Included Club and area Scout Troops, according to the release.