Our Desire is to Change Realities Through Mindful Horticultural Therapy, Education, and Recreation ~ Uma Nicole
The urban community garden collective, LLC (UCGC-LA) is a for-profit organization that
is dedicated to the revitalization of the Compton and Watts areas of Los Angeles County. The mission of the organization is threefold:
1) It currently locates privately and publicly-owned vacant lots in the areas of Compton and Watts, and seeks to transform them into beautiful gardens for a variety of educational and vocational uses. The collective will designate places, for community members who are not able to have their own gardening spaces, to grow nutritious produce on plots that they would rent on a bi-annual basis. In addition to the membership rents, community plot-holders would be required to serve fifteen hours of community service in the garden per year, as a way of fostering a dedicated sense of stewardship.
In keeping in line with UCGC-LA's mission of service and revitalization of urban communities; the garden would further serve as a gathering place to facilitate ongoing, positive social interactions during operating hours. Other planned uses include offering adult educational-workshops, educational youth-gardening and science programs for students grades K-12, opportunities for volunteering in order to accumulate time needed for high school graduation, growing food for local food banks, and integration within senior centers.
2) To bring the arts to Compton Unified School District (CUSD) in the form of classical music. Currently, CSUD has received more than $30,000 US dollars in stringed instruments from UCGC-LA and has a symphony orchestra as a result of this large non-cash donation.
3) To introduce and maintain a yoga or mindfulness program in Compton schools by utilizing small workshops and donations, as well as privately and publicly funded projects that will plant the seeds of curiosity and inspire Compton schools to become a beautiful garden of "change".
is dedicated to the revitalization of the Compton and Watts areas of Los Angeles County. The mission of the organization is threefold:
1) It currently locates privately and publicly-owned vacant lots in the areas of Compton and Watts, and seeks to transform them into beautiful gardens for a variety of educational and vocational uses. The collective will designate places, for community members who are not able to have their own gardening spaces, to grow nutritious produce on plots that they would rent on a bi-annual basis. In addition to the membership rents, community plot-holders would be required to serve fifteen hours of community service in the garden per year, as a way of fostering a dedicated sense of stewardship.
In keeping in line with UCGC-LA's mission of service and revitalization of urban communities; the garden would further serve as a gathering place to facilitate ongoing, positive social interactions during operating hours. Other planned uses include offering adult educational-workshops, educational youth-gardening and science programs for students grades K-12, opportunities for volunteering in order to accumulate time needed for high school graduation, growing food for local food banks, and integration within senior centers.
2) To bring the arts to Compton Unified School District (CUSD) in the form of classical music. Currently, CSUD has received more than $30,000 US dollars in stringed instruments from UCGC-LA and has a symphony orchestra as a result of this large non-cash donation.
3) To introduce and maintain a yoga or mindfulness program in Compton schools by utilizing small workshops and donations, as well as privately and publicly funded projects that will plant the seeds of curiosity and inspire Compton schools to become a beautiful garden of "change".