For the past fifteen years, the Teen Bike Shop’s Community Garden, located in Union City's Decoto District, was in hibernation and filled with weeds. However, Maricela Reynoso, a Decoto native, and other community members took the initiative to start a collaborative effort to revitalize the community garden. In the past few months, community involvement has soared with youth and people of all ages stopping by to pick weeds, plow the land, remove debris, plant plants, and bring donations.

The garden has provided a space that unites the community, and where youth can create something from the ground up. Working with elders who often rely on natural herbs and plants as everyday remedies has taught many of the local youth the medicinal properties of plants and the importance of their existence and care. The garden has also served as a way to show youth that working with nature- and not against it- helps to enhance their community and its resources. Photos and report

Union City's Teen Bike Workshop