Carolyn Jennings, Rose Jennings & Valerie Goerlitz-Ramirez: Nurturing Communities Through Gardening 

For the past few decades, Val, Carolyn and Rose have been learning about the benefits of gardening on health and well-being and how to involve children and community members in the act of gardening. Val led gardening activities at the Boys and Girls Club in the Valley in Texas. Carolyn has run children’s gardens as a schoolteacher and is currently leading a donation plot at a community garden in San Marcos, Texas. Rose has helped to found and run a community garden in Austin, Texas. All three women have learned a lot and continue to learn from these experiences. They are excited to share past/present/future highlights with you and learn from others experiences about community involvement in gardening as it relates to building a future society based on Bahá'í principles.