Help the TACOLCY Center Grow a Community Garden

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We're developing a community garden at the Belafonte TACOLCY Center and we need your help to bring it to life! The garden will be an outdoor classroom and source of nourishment for the community.

Our current goal is to fundraise $3,000 before May 1, 2025 to purchase raised corrugated metal garden beds, mulch for paths, native plants to line the paths, and fruit and vegetable starters.

TACOLCY serves kids and pretty much all community members in Liberty City, one of Miami’s historically Black (primarily African American and Haitian) neighborhoods. We are planning to launch the Garden on June 1 as an outdoor classroom with a pollinator learning space for kids and functioning fruit and vegetable beds. The Garden is designed to flourish with native plants and 3D-printed hydroponics designed by students in TACOLCY's Fab Lab

Sponsor Opportunities (gifts over $30 = special sponsored message in the garden!)

Butterfly and Pollinator Learning Space

$45 for mulch for the butterfly area ground cover
$30 for white pebbles to line the beds
$50 for mounted herbs in colorful containers
$60 for a kids picnic table
SPONSORED! $25 for a butterfly and bee watering station
SPONSORED! $40 for seed and plant markers to identify different herbs and native pollinator plants
SPONSORED! $45 for garden soil for the gardening containers (5 bags)
SPONSORED! $100 for native butterfly plants (Bushy Aster, Firebush, Pineland Lantana, and Tropical Sage Salvia, among others!

Garden Beautification

$50 for a native citrus tree
$45 for garden soil (5 bags)
$150 for river rocks along the stepping stones stones (already purchased; mulch donated by a local tree trimming company)
SPONSORED! $45 for native Milkweed, rather than use non-native and tough to grow lawn cover
SPONSORED! $50 for native Macho Ferns
SPONSORED! $100 for native pollinator plants e.g. Yellow Tops, Bushy Aster, Firebush, etc.
SPONSORED! $100 for native Firebush (attracts butterflies and hummingbirds!) in spaces along the border hedge

Vegetable and Fruit Garden Beds

$100 for mulch for the area around each of the garden containers
$100 for pebbles and rocks around the garden containers
$500 for 2 Metal Raised Garden Beds for leafy greens (kale, collards, spinach) and fruits
$500 for 2 Metal Raised Garden Beds with Trellises for tomatoes and peppers

Little Free Library

$400 for a Composite Two Story Little Free Library with guides on cooking, gardening, herbal remedies, and kids books

About the Garden

Hi! I'm Sarah. I started volunteering with at the TACOLCY garden in 2024 through Repair the World. I'm now leading the effort to finish/launch the garden, which has been a joy.

We've done a lot of work so far - clearing the space, managing pests, leveling the soil, removing trees and invasive species, fortifying the fencing (pesky iguanas!) - and now we're focusing on finishing key areas before summer programming starts!

About the Belafonte TACOLCY Center

The Belafonte TACOLCY Center engages more than 5,000 youth and parents each year through their direct services, programs and events. TACOLCY's programs include:

We Care
Future Legends Out-of-School and Summer Enrichment Programs
Family Assistance with Suspension and Termination and Truancy Program (F.A.S.T.)
Club TACOLCY
TACOLCY's Sports

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