The first phase of our trauma-informed therapy garden project is complete with a beautiful mural! We are grateful for artists Edie Cohn who created the design and vision of this mural and Jerdahn Campbell who shared her artistic talents with the students and staff at Cumberland Juvenile Detention Center and bringing light to an often forgotten group in our community.

This project would not have been successful without our generous volunteers Edie Cohn, Jerdahn Campbell, Dawn Thomas with Juvenile Justice, Marsha Hall and her mom Marsha, Reka Reyna with Cape Fear Valley Health, and Natasha Donnelly and Anna Campbell with TFTC Gardens. We also want to extend a very big thank you to the incredible staff at Cumberland Juvenile Detention Center for helping us over this three-week project!

Our next phase includes installing a water feature, walking paths, a counseling area, an outdoor classroom, a music therapy section, and horticultural learning areas!

For anyone who loves to garden, create art, design landscapes, implement contract developments or help create outdoor healthy spaces, this might be a project you would like to involved with too. Plans are in the works to create the gardens all over North Carolina, and then beyond – the adventure has only begun!