Communal Thanksgiving meal at community garden
Herald Tribune, November 26, 2015
SARASOTA — There was a moment Thursday — after she finally got a chance to sit still and eat — when Barbara Powell took her Thanksgiving dinner party in. Her longtime gardening buddy, Richard Hu, sat next to her. Across the way, Ringling College of Art and Design students chatted as they ate at a picnic table. Kids from all over the neighborhood played on a tall pile of mulch.
“All different places. All ages. All faces,” she said. “All walks of life.”…..
Hu and Robert Kelly, a 27-year-old New College of Florida graduate who discovered gardening through a passion for identifying and learning about mushrooms, ate dinner together for a few minutes before both realized they were both originally from Rockville, Maryland.
Hu, 58, has worked in Sarasota community gardens for 15 years. Kelly has been visiting the Orange Avenue space for about three. Worley took in the pair reminiscing about Maryland, and giggled.
“I love this place,” he said.