New Roots are Growing in Charlottesville

On April 10, IRC staff and volunteers built 11 raised garden plots for refugee families in Charlottesville. Refugees from Burma, Bhutan, and Iraq are growing lettuce, mustard greens, radish, peas, okra, squash, tomato, eggplant, basil, pepper, and swiss chard.

We couldn’t have helped refugee families put down New Roots in Charlottesville without generous contributions from:

Panorama Pay-Dirt
Blue Ridge Builder Supply
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Seeds of Change
Southern States
Rivanna Garden Club
Charlottesville Parks and Recreation

View pictures from New Roots on the IRC’s Flickr page here.

Watch the CBS19 news story about New Roots here.