Just getting out in the garden, pulling weeds, can be very helpful and de-stressing
By: Kofo Lasaki
and last updated 2021-02-28 19:15:35-05
CHESAPEAKE, Va. Volunteers are planting the seeds that will bring food to the fingertips of families in need in South Norfolk.
Three floors above ground, a rooftop orchard is growing at the ForKids Center for Children and Families.
âWhen you grow a seed and it sprouts and it grows and it flowers, then it produces a berry or something, itâs just fun watching all of that,â explained Senior Horticulture Extension Agent for the City of Chesapeake Mike Andruczyk.
Chesapeake rooftop orchard provides relief for families in need
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and last updated 2021-02-28 18:40:32-05
CHESAPEAKE, Va. â Volunteers are planting the seeds that will bring food to the fingertips of families in need in South Norfolk.
Three floors above ground, a rooftop orchard is growing at the ForKids Center for Children and Families.
âWhen you grow a seed and it sprouts and it grows and it flowers, then it produces a berry or something, itâs just fun watching all of that,â explained Senior Horticulture Extension Agent for the City of Chesapeake Mike Andruczyk.
ForKids is a nonprofit that temporarily houses children and families experiencing homelessness while helping them gain long-term housing. It partnered with Tymoff + Moss Architects, Hourigan Construction, Healthy Chesapeake, the Virginia Department of Forestry, the Chesapeake Master Gardeners, the Chesapeake Department of Health and the South Norfolk Civic League to create the orchard.