Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity creates “Urban Oasis”

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The city of Wilmington is looking a little greener today. That’s because Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity worked on a community garden in Maides Park.

The purpose of the event is to allow community members to actively participate in the garden groundbreaking of the “Urban Oasis”, address public health issues and teach volunteers the benefits of home grown food. People of all ages participated in the food education program.

“Basic survival skills like that are growing. Sustaining your own food, the health benefits and the public health issues that surround that, the accessibility of healthy foods, I wanted to address that,” Qailinn Bowen, Habitat for Humanity AmeriCorps member, said.

Bowen hopes this kind of event will bring forward more community members as she plans to reach out to other parts of Wilmington to get more community gardens built.