When Dellen Ross, Sr. was a little boy, growing up here in Central Louisiana, he says he helped his grandmother in her garden. He fondly remembers the fun he had being out in the garden with her, growing watermelons. Dellen is a man of few words, but a hard worker who has worked as a laborer for local warehouses and businesses. Dellen joined as a volunteer at the Good Food Project several months ago, and has been a real asset to our volunteer program. While volunteering here, Dellen  indicates that he has learned more about gardening, and has tried more vegetables than he ever has before. He also says he is more likely to try different vegetables as he did recently when he tasted a freshly harvested beet. Having only ever eaten cooked beets, Dellen had an aversion that disappeared after he tasted the raw beet. The same goes for broccoli and carrots, he says. Dellen shared that he finds working in the garden to be very relaxing; he likes learning the different plant names and the harvesting. One of the things that pleasantly surprised Dellen was when he participated in making flower arrangements using materials found in the demonstration garden. "It was nice to learn to put those different plant materials together right out of the garden to make something beautiful to go inside." he said. Dellen realized he had a skill he probably never would have tapped into before coming to the Good Food Project. We invite anyone interested in discovering their own hidden skills to join Dellen and our regular volunteers each week. 

GFP welcomes volunteers at our community gardens and at the Good Food Project on Wednesday mornings in the demonstration garden, 3223 Baldwin Avenue - Food Bank of Central Louisiana 71301 - 318-445-2773