Barbara Nagel
Recipient of the Elizabeth Abernathy Hull Award, 2022
Nominated by a member of The Weeders
Over the past four years, Barbara Nagel has developed the Chester Eastside Garden Club for children ages 5 - 14, in conjunction with the work of the Phoenix After School Program and Camp Phoenix summer program. This children's garden club is a part of Chester Eastside, a not-for-profit community service organization, focusing primarily on providing food and family support to residents in this impoverished and underserved neighborhood.
Through their involvement in the Chester Eastside Garden Club, children learn how plants grow and about the cycles in nature, they create and use compost, learn about the importance of pollinators and other garden creatures, learn about nutrition, try new foods and share their produce with their families and the community.
