The Alpha Delta Pi Salad Bowl

The Office of Sustainability works together with Alpha Delta Pi

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While working with the Office of Sustainability’s Garden Apprenticeship Program, my eyes have been opened to the importance of sustainable gardening. My name is Brianna Taber. I am a senior at the College of Charleston majoring in Public Health and minoring in Sociology. I have worked with the Office of Sustainability as the Alpha Delta Pi greek chair in the past and this semester I started working with their garden apprenticeship program. We have helped maintain one of the gardens on campus throughout the semester and have learned more about gardening in a sustainable manner.  I wanted to take the knowledge that I have learned through the program and apply it to my life in a way that would affect more than just me. The best way for me to do this was to open a conversation with my sorority, Alpha Delta Pi, about starting a garden at the sorority’s house located at 36 Coming Street.
The idea began at the beginning of the fall semester. I knew that I wanted to grow a plant that everyone in the sorority would enjoy planting, harvesting, and eating. I met with Lexa Keane from the Grounds Department at the College of Charleston to discuss what the space looked like at the house and what could possibly be grown. We came up with the idea to grow lettuce and kale in a large pot. The play on words “salad bowl” have been used to name the garden. I also talked with Kelsea Sears from the Office of Sustainability about where I would gather the materials to start the garden. With the small budget we were working with I decided to recycle a pot that was already at the Alpha Delta Pi house. We got free compost from the Grounds Department. The kale and lettuce seeds were donated by the Office of Sustainability. Now we had all the basic needs to start the garden.
The planting day was on October 23rd. We had girls from the sorority come to help plant. The garden has been growing as planned. There are many little green sprouts in the pot. We have been lucky with the warm fall that Charleston has been experiencing. Various girls within the sorority have been helping with watering the garden. We are very excited about this collaboration with the Office of Sustainability and the sorority. We hope that the salad bowl will be a huge success and to in the spring have another planting day to grow more.

By: Brianna Taber

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