Williamson Health and Wellness Center
Williamson, WV (Mingo County)
Partner Site since: 2013
The Williamson Health and Wellness Center, as part of the Sustainable Williamson initiative, oversees a substantial community garden, a Mobile Farmers Market, and a partnership with Growing Warriors to introduce veterans into agriculture and farming in Mingo County and surrounding areas. The veterans utilize high tunnel space to grow produce that they sell at the Farmers Market, as well as attend and lead workshops.
Blogs from Williamson
Volunteers Make Great Strides!!
This week, everyone here in Williamson has been playing some serious catchup after hosting such a large group of volunteers last week--- while also preparing for another group who is set to come in next
Pig Roast & Other Festivities
This week, we have had the largest group of volunteers that we have yet to have!! (which is why I slacked a little on the blogging last week...) There are currently a total of 70
Amizade begins!
This week, we had the opportunity to host our first group of volunteers through an ongoing partnership with Amizade. The volunteers came from Ohio and were all members of the same church congregation. Amizade is
Collaborations Continue!
This week at the gardens we had two very significant planning meetings for the future of the gardens. On Sunday, we had our first in-person meeting with our partners in McDowell County, West Virginia, who
Living Wall @ Living Water– pt. 1
This Monday, the Williamson Health and Wellness Center hosted the first of a two-part workshop series with students at Living Water Daycare in Williamson. I, Maria Arnot, the Williamson Grow Appalachia coordinator who works for
Magic Manure
Several months ago, the farmer that we have been working so closely with helped us to build our own miniature greenhouse for our garden using all items that we found around his farm. We took
