Oct 29, 2019 - Union’s Delta-Psi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta sponsored a community service project at Liberty Garden Park and Arboretum on October 29, 2019. The activity was part of the university’s 17th Annual Campus and Community Day involving service projects throughout the greater Jackson area.
Eleven faculty members and students worked at the park under the guidance of project co-coordinators Tammy Buchanan-Anderson, who is the chair of the Liberty Garden Park Committee, and Jack Baudo, a UT Master Gardener and Keep Jackson Beautiful Commission member. Several other Jacksonians – either UT Master Gardeners or Keep Jackson Beautiful members – also helped. The tasks that the volunteers performed included mulching, removing kudzu, trimming trees and shrubs, sprucing up the children’s garden area, and raking and bagging leaves and walnuts.
Buchanan-Anderson highlighted the importance of the volunteers’ work by stating, “This effort demonstrates conservation and stewardship of the environmental, historical, scientific, and artistic elements of Liberty Garden Park. We gratefully acknowledge this gift of time and contribution.”
Union University participants at the event were: faculty members Henry Allen, Keith Bates, Stephen Carls, Terry Lindley, and David Thomas; and students Matthew Latham, Megan Ledbetter, Addison Osborne, Miles Randall, Luke Sower, and Nicholas Terra.
Participants in Union's Phi Alpha Theta service project at Liberty Garden Park and Arboretum on October 29, 2019, join with Jackson community members for a photo before beginning their work assignments. They are: (left to right) Dr. Stephen Carls, Dr. Henry Allen, Dr. Keith Bates, Nicholas Terra (back row), Addison Osborne (middle row), Matthew Latham (back row), Megan Ledbetter (middle row), Luke Sower, Dr. Terry Lindley, Miles Randall (back row), Dr. David Thomas (front row), Shirley Collier, Marion Cone, Jack Baudo (back row), Jonnette Carter (front row), Cliff Carter, Tammy Buchanan-Anderson, and Don Jaquet.
Project co-coordinator Tammy Buchanan-Anderson (second from left) talks about Liberty Garden Park and the planned work activities for Union's volunteers on October 29, 2019. Others in the photo are (left to right) Jack Baudo, Dr. David Thomas, Dr. Henry Allen, Dr. Keith Bates, Luke Sower, Megan Ledbetter, Miles Randall, and Nicholas Terra.
Dr. Henry Allen gathers up walnuts and leaves with his rake at Liberty Garden Park on the morning of October 29, 2019.
Phi Alpha Theta member Luke Sower (left) and Keep Jackson Beautiful member Don Jaquet load their mulch carriers at Liberty Garden Park on October 29, 2019.
Miles Randall (left to right), Tammy Buchanan-Anderson, and Addison Osborne trim shrubs at Liberty Garden Park on October 29, 2019.
Dr. David Thomas (left) and Nicholas Terra remove a large kudzu branch from an area of dense foliage at Liberty Garden Park and Arboretum on October 29, 2019. Photo by Kristi Woody
History major Matthew Latham removes a kudzu branch from some dense foliage at Liberty Garden Park on October 29, 2019. Photo by Kristi Woody
Miles Randall trims shrubs at the Freedom Plaza of Liberty Garden Park and Arboretum on October 29, 2019. Photo by Kristi Woody
Megan Ledbetter stacks bricks in the Children's Garden at Liberty Garden Park on October 29, 2019. Photo by Kristi Woody
Megan Ledbetter and Dr. Keith Bates remove dead branches from a wooded area of Liberty Garden Park on October 29, 2019. Photo by Kristi Woody
Tammy Buchanan-Anderson (left), the chair of the Liberty Garden Park Committee and co-coordinator for the work project on October 29, 2019, sums things up at the end of the morning's work. Others in the photo are (left to right) Marion Cone, Shirley Collier, Edna Jepsen, Addison Osborne (standing), Megan Ledbetter (seated), Matthew Latham (seated), Dr. Terry Lindley (standing), Dr. David Thomas (seated), Dr. Henry Allen (standing), Nicholas Terra (seated), and Dr. Keith Bates (standing).