Service Learning Reflection 3

• What did you do? 

 At the Sol Garden on the UNCA campus I learned how to plant seeds for the first time. I also harvested a bunch of different plants that the volunteers later divided up to take home. 

• In what ways has your service-learning experience enhanced your academic growth?

I have learned how to plant and harvest produce which will be very helpful in future because I plan to start a garden of my own when I move into a home. I've learned many new names of plants and how to recognize them as well as learning that certain leaves can be sour!!!! 

  

• In what ways has your service-learning experience enhanced your personal growth?

I always knew that gardening in theory was something I enjoyed but, after actually doing it I found that I love it! I find it very meditative and calming to be in your own head while digging into the dirt with the sun shining (hopefully). 

• In what ways has your service-learning experience enhanced your civic learning?  

I've learned that the Sol Garden is mostly for learning purposes. Before I volunteered there I was under the impression that they gave what they grew to the cooks in Brown Hall. The Sol Garden has also made a sense of family for me, I can always expect the same people there eagerly ready to help!

• What are your service-learning goals for the future?  

I want to continue working with the Sol Garden even after my service learning is over and also visit the other gardens on campus to see how they differ.