I love our community and have lived in north Arvada for 30 years.  I thrive in the outdoors with biking, hiking, golfing, and skiing.   Walking through our community brings me inner peace-as I realize how how "lucky we all are".  The garden is a peaceful place to bond with mother nature and also people with common interests.  Being a part of this community has opened my eyes to so many programs as well as other people in need that do not have the same opportunities that I have had.  Cooking is my passion-and I spend hours a day cooking, planning, planting all for nourishment of my body and soul!  Happiness in my heart!

My wife and I moved here from the Westchester County in New York four years ago to be closer to our daughter and her husband.  We love being close to the mountains and the cities of Denver and Boulder.  We love to walk with such beautiful views all around us.

When we first moved here we walked past Rose Roots Community Garden often and admired how well it is laid out and how friendly the people are.  So we started gardening there a few years ago and when the opportunity to help the organization with my corporate financial experience I jumped at the chance!  The leadership team is full of dedicated, friendly, and effective people.  Likewise, the larger gardening community is full of warm, interesting and helpful people.

This is Shannon's second year at Rose Roots. Although she has gardened in the upper Midwest and the Pacific Northwest, she never experienced such garden struggles than when she came to CO. Yet with the community at Rose Roots to learn from and in the peaceful setting of the park, the trials and errors in the garden have become oh, so much the sweeter!

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