Community Gardens

Ava Mckinney-Taylor, 12, and her mother Ziah McKinney-Taylor pick up lettuce, kale, borccoli and sweet peas for their own garden in Stone Mountain at the Oakhurst Garden. The Wylde Center operates the Oakhurst Garden as well as four others in DeKalb County. The center offers plant sales on the honor system at the Oakhurst Garden, youth environmental and science education programs, maintains the only herb farm in the metro area, provides food to community CSA and works with the Decatur Housing Authority to educate about nutrition and food. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

Ava Mckinney-Taylor, 12, and her mother Ziah McKinney-Taylor pick up lettuce, kale, borccoli and sweet peas for their own garden in Stone Mountain at the Oakhurst Garden. The Wylde Center operates the Oakhurst Garden as well as four others in DeKalb County. The center offers plant sales on the honor system at the Oakhurst Garden, youth environmental and science education programs, maintains the only herb farm in the metro area, provides food to community CSA and works with the Decatur Housing Authority to educate about nutrition and food. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

The Wylde Center operates the Oakhurst Garden as well as four others in DeKalb County. The center offers plant sales on the honor system at the Oakhurst Garden, youth environmental and science education programs, maintains the only herb farm in the metro area, provides food to community CSA and works with the Decatur Housing Authority to educate about nutrition and food. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

One of the school programs provided includes investigating different kinds of dirt and learning the differences between them. The Wylde Center operates the Oakhurst Garden as well as four others in DeKalb County. The center offers plant sales on the honor system at the Oakhurst Garden, youth environmental and science education programs, maintains the only herb farm in the metro area, provides food to community CSA and works with the Decatur Housing Authority to educate about nutrition and food. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

JC Hines, The Wylde Center Greenspace Director, feeds the hens at the Oakhurst Garden. She and the non-profit team maintain this garden as well as four others in DeKalb County. The center offers plant sales on the honor system at the Oakhurst Garden, youth environmental and science education programs, maintains the only herb farm in the metro area, provides food to community CSA and works with the Decatur Housing Authority to educate about nutrition and food. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

JC Hines, The Wylde Center Greenspace Director, feeds the hens at the Oakhurst Garden. She and the non-profit team maintain this garden as well as four others in DeKalb County. The center offers plant sales on the honor system at the Oakhurst Garden, youth environmental and science education programs, maintains the only herb farm in the metro area, provides food to community CSA and works with the Decatur Housing Authority to educate about nutrition and food. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

Gearing up for the busy planting season, Jen Wassum, the plant sale assistant, works in the Oakhurst Garden greenhouse. The Wylde Center operates the Oakhurst Garden as well as four others in DeKalb County. The center offers plant sales on the honor system at the Oakhurst Garden, youth environmental and science education programs, maintains the only herb farm in the metro area, provides food to community CSA and works with the Decatur Housing Authority to educate about nutrition and food. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

The Wylde Center operates the Oakhurst Garden as well as four others in DeKalb County. The center offers plant sales on the honor system at the Oakhurst Garden, youth environmental and science education programs, maintains the only herb farm in the metro area, provides food to community CSA and works with the Decatur Housing Authority to educate about nutrition and food. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

Gearing up for the busy planting season, Jen Wassum, the plant sale assistant, works in the Oakhurst Garden greenhouse. The Wylde Center operates the Oakhurst Garden as well as four others in DeKalb County. The center offers plant sales on the honor system at the Oakhurst Garden, youth environmental and science education programs, maintains the only herb farm in the metro area, provides food to community CSA and works with the Decatur Housing Authority to educate about nutrition and food. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

The Wylde Center operates the Oakhurst Garden as well as four others in DeKalb County. The center offers plant sales on the honor system at the Oakhurst Garden, youth environmental and science education programs, maintains the only herb farm in the metro area, provides food to community CSA and works with the Decatur Housing Authority to educate about nutrition and food. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)

New to the staff, Pat Walker, left, works with a volunteer and is funded by a grant to become the The Wylde Center's first Farm Fellow as the mission and gardens continue to expand. The center operates the Oakhurst Garden as well as four others in DeKalb County. The center offers plant sales on the honor system at the Oakhurst Garden, youth environmental and science education programs, maintains the only herb farm in the metro area, provides food to community CSA and works with the Decatur Housing Authority to educate about nutrition and food. (Jenni Girtman / Atlanta Event Photography)