Green House on Watson

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Green House on Watson

• Ground-Breaking
• March 22, 2006

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Derrick Ledford (GVSU student), Rev TerMaat,
Boone and Melita Powell (homeowners), daughters
Natasha and Pearl
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Preliminary planning for the ceremony
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We begin by mixing soil from the site, from the
new engineering building at GVSU, and from the
Garden of Eaten on National Street. Here the
Powells dig ground from 845 Watson Natasha,
Pearl, and Rueben dig as Boone and Melita
supervise
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Rev Ter Maat adds soil from the community garden
on National symbolizing the neighborhood and
Westown Jubilee Housing
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Derrick Ledford, GVSU engineering student, adds
soil from the Kennedy Hall construction site.
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Rich Kogelschatz, owner of Heartland Builders,
adds salmon caught in Alaska as fertilizer
symbolizing his help on this project and Melita
and Boones first hope for a house when they
lived in Alaska.
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Mix well before planting
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Melita and Boone plant a lilac bush in the
combined and fertilized soil. The bush was later
planted in the front yard of the completed house.
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Planting a dream