COMMUNITY GARDENS: Building Community by Gardening & Digging in the Dirt with Your Neighbors

Name: COMMUNITY GARDENS: Building Community by Gardening & Digging in the Dirt with Your Neighbors
Start: 2026-02-24T11:00:00-05:00
Location: Talbot County Free Library

Schedule

Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 am

UTC-05:00

Location

Talbot County Free Library | Easton, MD

Teresa will describe how community gardens can strengthen a community by expanding a green space to become a social destination where neighbors can gather to connect with nature, secure multi-generational friendships, and realize a greater awareness of community need.
Teresa will share her experience as co-chair of Fiesta Place Community Garden in District Heights (Prince Georges County, Md.), and how it is being designed to foster community engagement.
Author and garden writer, urban and estate gardener, garden coach specializing in earth-friendly practices, and organic Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm expert, Teresa brings knowledge and common sense to conversations on drought tolerant plants, small space gardens, shade gardens, and the African American experience in horticulture. She is author of "Black Flora" and co-author of "The Urban Garden." She is also former regional director of GardenComm International and current president of the Jabali Amani Garden Collective, a National Garden Club virtual garden club.
With ancestral sharecropper roots originating in North and South Carolina, she considers connecting with the earth authentic. “My ancestor’s hands helped build and feed our family for generations,” she says. “To not honor this earth would disrespect my heritage.” She promises, likewise, to imbue program attendees from our community with her love of gardening and respect for the earth and with the impetus to reimagine community garden possibilities.