Saturday, February 5th was a great day at Rivera Cuale that saw members of the community come together to break ground in our onsite Rivera Cuale-PEACE Community Garden (also named the Huerta Educativa Rivera Cuale-PEACE). Locals and expatriates, young and old, hefted shovels and picks to break up and turn the soil in our designated riverfront garden space. Over the next couple of weeks leading up to the fundraiser garden party on February 27th, volunteers will work further to prepare the land for the local school groups to start planting and learning about sustainable food growth, composting, nutrition, care for the environment and community building.
Many volunteers from PEACE were at the garden groundbreaking, as well as several members from the Puerto Vallarta Garden Club. One of the owners at Rivera Cuale came to help as well and brought an energetic and eager group of kids from an outlying community!
Thanks to all who came out to dig in! It was truly inspirational to see everyone working side by side – friends, strangers who became friends, and families – to build something great for the children of our community. Special thanks to PEACE who has put countless hours into coordinating all the volunteers to get this off the ground!
This is the first garden of its kind in Puerto Vallarta and we look forward to sharing its progress with you. If you would like to find out how you can be involved, whether to donate your gardening expertise or your gardening equipment, or for any information about Rivera Cuale, please email Leanne Smith at leanne@riveracuale.com.
