This week was the last week I spent doing garden recess at Lydia Hawk. Things felt bittersweet as this experience was wrapping up. I feel some sense of relief as I was beginning to feel the weight of running the recess program solo, I had no one join me this week. Throughout the week I felt really reflective of the time I have spent with the students here and the impact having the garden open has on them. I really hope that an Americore member will be present for the upcoming school year, as I think having the garden open year-round with a friendly ally must be monumental.
Overall, this week I felt a little overwhelmed with the recess program and garden at Lydia Hawk, I would have loved to see the program run in a ‘normal’ year with the proper amount of help and support of multiple interns and Americore members. I think a lot of organizations have a lot of rebuilding to do after the pandemic, and I hope the garden program will flourish again.
I spent my last day with my students constructing our largest faerie village yet as well as planting lettuce, kale, and rainbow chard. I will miss these students dearly and value the time I spent with them this spring immensely.