Meet Jennifer Lumpkin, a volunteer teacher within the Baltimore Office of Sustainability. She has helped residents in the area learn how to make “the best, most sustainable use of property in the city, whether it’s their own back yard or land they’ve acquired through Baltimore’s popular Adopt-a-Lot program.”
They hold classes inside a warehouse within the headquarters of the Baltimore Community Tool Bank, which is a non-profit organization that rents yard equipment and tools to individuals working on improvement projects, attending workshops etc. It isn’t uncommon to find classes on how to build edible rain gardens or learn how to earn credits against stormwater fees.
“I believe in energy transfer between human hands and the soil, between our bodies and plants,” the self-described “intuitive” farmer says.
Read the entire article at: “BaltimoreSun.com“
