The Transportation Garden

For Transportation staff Thomas K., Shadra T., and Lynn F., their dream of providing fresh produce to their community of bus drivers, mechanics, and administration staff became a reality this year! Together, they formulated a development plan for the garden, gathered seed donations, broke ground with a fellow employee’s tractor, and started planting!

“It means a lot that management was willing to take a risk and create this garden,” said Thomas.

The team of three each provide a set of unique skills that have made this garden a reality: Shadra’s administration skills, Thomas’ horticulture education and background, and Lynn’s desire to learn gardening. The trio has loved teaching their coworkers about gardening during this process. They’re grateful for the chance to support their fellow D6 employees in ways that go beyond driving, which is, of course, an incredibly valuable skill in D6! Around 20 varieties of organically grown vegetables, herbs, and fruit (looking at you, Tomato!) will be distributed to Transportation staff at no-cost.

The vegetable garden joins an already flourishing flower garden, a haven for pollinators and a break space for staff. This flower garden has been a decades-long labor of love created and tended by bus monitor Chris B.

Thank you for leading from the seat you’re in! We appreciate your leadership and care, Thomas, Shadra, Lynn, and Chris!