Jacque Pierre Howard

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Bethany House of Hospitality visit August 2016


Since I was a little person I remember gardening.  The feeling of having my hands in the soil and the grit under my fingernails still excites me.

The most basic of human needs - FOOD is often taken for granted.  Thank you to my family for teaching me how to plant and grow my own food.  In addition to sharing this with my daughter I have been fortunate enough to share this passion with others in the Trenton NJ region.

One of those people is Landscape Architect David Byers.  David and I have built several gardens in the Trenton area including the Community/Share Garden of the Bethany House of Hospitality.

Like most of my efforts, the garden at BHOH was the culmination of several partners looking to build a better community.

Recently I stopped by the former home of the Senior Paster of the Bethany Presbyterian Church to deliver some books to the #lbot  Library Box and chatted with BHOH residents, David and Linda Konrad-Byers as they worked on expanding the garden.

Bethany House of Hospitality video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-In-A7LOnY

Bethany House of Hospitality Blogpost
https://bethanyhoh.wordpress.com/about/

Crisis Minstry of Mercer County Hanover Street Garden
http://www.trenton365.com/blog/2013/09/crisis-ministry-hanover-street-garden.html

Press
http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2011/08/bethany_presbyterian_church_pa.html

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Destination-Trenton-Newsletter---Aug--15-31st.html?soid=1103001796315&aid=025fO7GNBEI

http://www.iamtrenton.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/I-Am-Trenton-2012-Funding-Announcement-Press-Release.pdf


A few images of a recent visit to the BHOH