Garden with us for Earth Day!

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Date: Saturday, April 26, 2025

Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Pizza provided for all volunteers!

Location: 187-45 Hilburn Avenue, Hollis, NY 11412

Participants must be 18 years or older. No specific skills required, just a willingness to work and get dirty! Please dress to play in the dirt, wear closed toe shoes, and bring a refillable water bottle.

In celebration of Earth Day, please join us as renovate the backyard at one of our group homes for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities for the upcoming growing season. Some tasks include building raised bed frames and a 48 ft long raised garden bed, and constructing two arch trellises. If there’s time, we’ll also plant some gooseberries, figs, currants, blueberries, and strawberries. This design will increase the currently cultivated square footage from 128 sq ft to 802 sq ft, an increase in tillable area of nearly 150%. The staff and residents are excited to grow their own vegetables, fruits, and herbs.

Services for the UnderServed (S:US) envisions a city where everyone has a roof over their head, is healthy, productive and can enjoy the social connections that create a life of purpose. Founded in 1978, S:US works with tens of thousands of individuals and their families every year to create pathways to rich and productive lives by offering housing, employment, skills-building, treatment, and recovery services.

For more information, contact Lux Laurent at elaurent@sus.org.