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Exit133 Video: Growing Gardens
On Saturday more than 100 volunteers gathered at S 10th and M St to create a community gardens virtually from scratch.
It was an incredible display of civic pride and community spirit. We grabbed some footage throughout the day …
Makes us want to grab some seeds and start growing.
We’ll get some regular video features going in the future, so hopefully this is the first of many. In the meantime we’re still trying to figure out what all these buttons do on our camera …
Link | Posted on 24. May 2007, 13:19
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You guys make me happy for Tacoma!!!
Thank you!
Oh – and this address could use your help: 1911 Pacific Ave
More garden – less fence
1 | Posted by Claudia | May 24, 01:39 PM
Super Rad! Also I was admiring the red rain barrels, where can a guy get his hands on some of those?
2 | Posted by RR Anderson | May 24, 01:41 PM
Tacoma is finally blossoming!
3 | Posted by Jane | May 24, 01:57 PM
Fun stuff. Though the video doesn’t seem to fill the entire width of the Google player.
4 | Posted by KevinFreitas | May 24, 02:04 PM
Those could be none other than Dan Borba rain barrels. We’ve got a whole bevy of these things around our house, they’re definitely cool, with a built in overflow and everything. He actually lives pretty much right across the alley from this garden. He’s at the Proctor farmers market every week, I believe, or you can check out his website. Other colors besides red are usually available, too…
5 | Posted by jamie from thriceallamerican | May 24, 03:02 PM
Thank you Sir!
6 | Posted by RR Anderson | May 24, 03:08 PM
Perfect. Excellent work putting together an engaging video story. It feels like watching a super local television station. Can’t wait for bocce championships on DSPN 8. (Derek sports network) You too Erik
7 | Posted by Droid16 | May 24, 04:08 PM
Seconding Jamie’s post—Dan Borba’s rain barrels kick out the jams. We’ve got one in black for that home gardening meets goth look.
8 | Posted by UPSPatrick | May 24, 07:08 PM
What an awsome story! I can’t wait to see this duplicated in every neighborhood!
9 | Posted by morgan | May 24, 10:24 PM
The idea of community gardens sounded cool in the other posts, but this little video is so much more engaging. (It’s clearly more than just an idea…) Can’t wait to see more of these!
10 | Posted by Seamus | May 25, 01:16 AM
It was an awesome way to get work done. I felt like I didn’t do THAT much, but a little bit from a lot of people makes a big difference. I look forward to seeing more of the 133 crowd next time.
11 | Posted by MW | May 25, 06:42 AM
I haven’t viewed the video but the title makes me wonder when the sequel “Drying Paint” will be coming out. Not quite as engrossing as watching grass grow but a close second.
Just kidding. The comments demonstrate that the video is more than that.
12 | Posted by beerBoy | May 25, 07:13 AM
So, did you help out or just take video? ;)
13 | Posted by KevinFreitas | May 25, 10:45 AM
On Saturday more than 100 volunteers gathered at S 10th and M St to create a community gardens virtually from scratch.
Great event. Great video. Community effort and buzz in an area in Tacoma that could use some extra care. Plus, it gives alot of people a stake (pardon the pun) in the area.
14 | Posted by Erik B. | May 25, 11:07 AM
“Already in Tacoma we have seen that there are a lot of different people interested and a lot of different things going on. And there needs to be some way to connect them, so we’re not constantly reinventing the wheel…” –Kristen McIvor
http://www.idealist.org/ is a fantastic social networking site for community activists. Exit133 has performed marvelously in getting people together, but this site is definitely worth checking out as well.
15 | Posted by James M | May 25, 06:27 PM
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