Seed funding: Nonprofits give free garden beds to about 100 homeowners
Lauren Wells (left) and her mother Mary Kathryn live next to each other and love gardening together. Armed with a butter knife, Mary Kathryn was six months pregnant when she planted her first garden. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
The Works and Big Green recently gave away 100 raised garden beds for free, complete with seeds, starters, a watering can, fertilizer and more than 60 pounds of soil.
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Keely Brewer
Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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