The Gardening Project at Piedmont is a hands-on, once a week community project that teaches residents how to garden, work with the earth and grow food to eat. “That’s what I love about living in California…we can plant and grow food all year,” commented a new resident who just moved to the Piedmont from Ohio.
Piedmont residents stay active with a busy schedule that includes classes in meditation, exercise/movement/yoga, knitting, a book club and film screenings. There’s also computer/technology tutoring, an art/art history workshop, and an active intergenerational program that pairs seniors and 5th grade students from a neighborhood school to create art, history and socio-cultural community projects. Most recently, residents and students worked together to make pressed leaf art as they socialized and discussed relevant issues.
Contributed by Sidni Myles
