{"id":2345,"date":"2015-10-07T16:42:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T16:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developmenttwo.marymount.edu\/blog\/marymount-students-help-create-urban-farm\/"},"modified":"2015-10-07T16:42:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T16:42:00","slug":"marymount-students-help-create-urban-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymount-students-help-create-urban-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Marymount Students Help Create Urban Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Students and faculty members from Marymount University\u0092s Interior Design program spent a recent Saturday with their sleeves rolled up, working with hundreds of other volunteers to turn an underused plot of inner city land into what\u0092s now being called the largest urban farm in Washington, D.C.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Students from the main and Reston campuses worked with designers, contractors, community members and other volunteers Sept. 26 during the DC Building Industry Association\u0092s 23rd Annual Community Improvement Day. It was the third year a group from Marymount participated.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u0093It\u0092s always good fun and a great way for students to meet design professionals in a different environment than in their office,\u0094 said <a href=\"~\/Home\/Contact-Us\/Directory\/?profileid=60\">Moira Denson<\/a>, assistant professor of interior design.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Each year the association works on a park, Denson said. This year it took on a very rocky, three- acre parcel in the southeastern part of the city to create the urban farm. In addition to farming, the spot will feature a farmers market, public art, a community garden, interpretive trails and space for kids.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"~\/Home\/Contact-Us\/Directory\/?profileid=80\">Jean Freeman<\/a>, a professor of interior design, said students also saw a different side of her.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u0093They seemed to particularly enjoy seeing their professor in her overalls because I&#8217;m very professionally dressed while teaching,\u0094 Freeman said.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>In an area nicknamed the \u0093pizza garden,\u0094 students raked rocks from the soil, added topsoil and mulch, and planted flowering bushes, trees and all the herbs used to make pizza.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Freeman noted that every resource used in the project was donated, from services to material to the water for the workers and plants. She said the variety of participants made a strong statement about community building.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u0093This enormous effort and our small-but-significant participation is rewarding to observe,\u0094 she added.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>She said the design faculty and students bonded during the work.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u0093This is an experience that is part of the overall college environment for Marymount University,\u0094 she said. \u0093We chose this project in part because this is from the design and building industry, but mostly because it shows a concern for people living near the site and concern for the environment. The site has places for people to plant their own gardens, play in a well-designed area, enjoy the outdoors. It was a demonstration in biophilia, the love for the outdoors.\u0094<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Robin Wagner, associate professor of interior design and program director at Marymount\u0092s Reston Center, said it was a great time to relax around the students and give to the community. It also showed how the commitment to community service is a lasting part of a Marymount education.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u0093Another wonderful thing about it is that I reconnected with four past students who were there for their companies,\u0094 she added.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong>Photo captions:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Photo 1<\/div>\n<div>Students and faculty members from Marymount University\u0092s Interior Design program were among hundreds of volunteers at the DC Building Industry Association\u0092s 23rd Annual Community Improvement Day. This year\u0092s project was the East Capitol Urban Farm. Some of the Marymount crew included, front row, from left, Kristen Eyler and Kathleen Scheer; back row, from left, Jenny Espinoza, Camila Molina, Philippe Molina, Karen Bastidas, Jean Freeman, Joanna Chenaille, Robin Wagner, Lauren Funk, Moira Denson and Renee Harrison.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Photo 2<\/div>\n<div>The afternoon crew from Marymount included, from left, Jasmine Comedy, Shadad Almanea, Stephen Brown, Jennifer Boulin, and Yara Tawfik.\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students and faculty members from Marymount University\u0092s Interior Design program spent a recent Saturday with their sleeves rolled up, working with hundreds of other volunteers to turn an underused plot of inner city land into what\u0092s now being called the largest urban farm in Washington, D.C. \u00a0 Students from the main and Reston campuses worked [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymount-students-help-create-urban-farm\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Marymount Students Help Create Urban Farm - Marymount University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Students and faculty members from Marymount University\u0092s Interior Design program spent a recent Saturday with their sleeves rolled up, working with . 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