PROMISE OF PEACE COMMUNITY GARDEN

7446 East Grand

An ECO FRIENDLY GARDEN WHERE DREAMS GROW!

  Here is a great article - POP Goes International!

http://eastdallastimes.com/2010/07/16/cultivating-international-peace/

Thank you Bruce Phelps!


"Lettuce Be United"
POP kids and East Dallas Families restore beauty to the
Lakewood Starwalk Fountain
Thank you Angelo's for the 20% dinner tab donation used to buy soil and plants! Thank you Ruibal's and Walton's  for your generous discounts and support!

September 13th, at 4:30, will bring our community together to celebrate renewal and unity around this East Dallas icon.
We want our children to remember and respect those who have gone before us to make East Dallas what it is.
LIVE and LOVE Local!

Elizabeth Dry MEET YOUR NEIGHBOR-Dry waters soil of promise in community garden-White Rock Lake Weekly www.whiterocklakeweekly.com


Thank you Lucy Hiigginbotham, and White Rock Weekly!


POP Eco Festival April 24, 2010!

Thank you to all the many participants who came to the garden for our first annual POP Eco Fest including Downing Hill Garden Studio, the City of Dallas, Woodrow Wilson Rotary Interact Club, the long term volunteer commitment of the CISV group, the awesome staff of Mata Elementary, and Council members Sheffie Kadane and Pauline Medrano, and Sate Representative Allen Vaught!

We look forward to seeing you in the garden and at the Peace Market as the dream grows!

Thank you Burpee Home Gardens for our 20 new garden plots and all the

plants and soil to go with them!



From groundbreaking, to installation of garden containers, to harvest and celebrations- A beautiful community process!

POP's First Chili Cook Off and Music Festival on June 19th Was A Taste of Greatness!


Planting the Seeds for a Promising Tomorrow


Lakewood stock 

2010

Mata Elementary and POP planting seeds with the kids!

Check out the Dallas Morning News Article ,
"Digging Dirt for Society's Sake" by Mariana Greene
 January 7, 2010:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/columnists/mgreene/stories/DN-nhg_fool_0107gd.ART0.State.Edition1.4bd5163.html

Thank you Mariana Greene!

POP also appreciates the support from the Advocate, East Dallas Blog, Black White and Read, The East Dallas Chamber of Commerce, and The Coffee News for your continued coverage in your publications.
 

Below: Moving the City Green Storybook Playhouse from the Dallas Arboretum to the POP garden in January!
Thank you Ruibals Nursery - You Really Rock! And thank you Dustin Bullard for the vision and donation of City Green.  Thank you Professional Bank in Lakewood for your generous donation to restore the
City Green Play houses-

 
                                                
            The Newly Restored City Green Playhouses  Dedicated to the Children of East Dallas 

"Make Peace: Can You Dig It?"   Art, Photography and Gardening!


Drop by the garden any Saturday morning, 9:00am - noon, to tour or join the camp activities - It is Free !


Through photography and collaboration with local organizations such as The Dallas Historical Society, Urban Acres Market, and The Rotary Club of Dallas, Promise of Peace helps students connect to and explore the rich resources in their community and healthy lifestyles.

For more information please email Elizabeth Dry, Founder and Executive Director

ejdry54@yahoo.com