Posts tagged garden
Begin Again
Begin Again

"I hope she knows you only like the beginnings of things." I remember hearing this line when watching Mad Men one day, and while it was referring to the breakup of two characters on the show, I couldn’t help but think how much it speaks to a greater human characteristic. Do we not all love the start of something new? Isn’t an infatuation with the promise of beginnings a universal condition?

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EssaysGabe HartJackson TN, Tennessee, Gabe Hart, Lauren Smothers, agriculture, spring, plants, flowers, Midtown Jackson, LANA, garden, gardening, seasons, beauty, weather, Our Jackson Home: The Magazine, Vol. 4 Issue 1, Lambuth Area Neighborhood Association, nature
Room to Grow
Room to Grow

While perusing the West Tennessee Farmers’ Market, it would be hard to pass by the mountain of deep green vegetables and neon radishes of Rose Creek Farms, owned by Ray and Ashley Tyler. Their farm is nestled in a valley in Selmer, Tennessee, with a little over one acre of active farming land. With the help of high tunnels and row covers, they’re able to extend the typical season barriers to grow deliciously tender greens and veggies all year round.

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StoriesCari GriffithJackson TN, Tennessee, Cari Griffith, West Tennessee Farmers' Market, agriculture, Our Jackson Home: The Magazine, Vol. 4 Issue 1, Rose Creek Farms, Rose Creek Village, family, family business, vegetables, produce, Ray Tyler, Ashley Tyler, farm, garden, gardening, Christian, church, community, plants, cooking, sustainability, health, food, ComeUnity Café, Marmilu Farms, children, kids, squamous cell carninoma, cancer, St. Jude Children's Hospital, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, downtown Jackson, Grubb's Grocery, Selmer TN
Hello Jackson: Rock'n Dough Pizza & Brew Co.
Hello Jackson: Rock'n Dough Pizza & Brew Co.

I think most people would agree that there’s not much better than a good slice of pizza, especially after a long day at work or during an action-packed football game. You can get mediocre pizza from tons of places, but if you want some delicious, handcrafted, brick oven pizza, I’ve got just the place for you: Rock’n Dough Pizza + Brew Co. In addition to the aforementioned amazing pizza, Rock’n Dough offers grinders, salads, desserts, and weekly lunch specials, such as lasagna, shrimp and grits, and calzones.

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Hello Jackson, ReviewsKristi WoodyJackson TN, Tennessee, West Tennessee, Memphis TN, Kristi Woody, Rock'n Dough, Rock'n Dough Pizza and Brew Co., pizza, local, local business, local food, local restaurant, food, restaurant, business, lunch, dinner, brunch, Italian, grinder, sandwich, dessert, bread pudding, beer, alcohol, bar, Jeremy Denno, food truck, Amanda Denno, Jackson Walk, downtown Jackson, microbrewery, brewery, Ben Pugh, East Coast, family, family business, handmade, craft, gardening, garden, Tower Garden, Mike Anton, farm, Farmers' Market, West Tennessee Farmers' Market, Cody Stooksberry, trivia night, local music, music, #OurJacksonTable
Bringing Unity to the Community
Bringing Unity to the Community

Every April in Jackson, people from all over the area gather together by volunteering to contribute to the annual event “Month of Miracles.” Month of Miracles is a program started by Mayor Jerry Gist to give volunteers the opportunity to be connected to a service project that meets with their individual passions and interests. There are opportunities to help by painting, gardening, photography, and cleaning to just name a few.

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StoriesGuest UserJackson TN, Tennessee, Allison Burnett, Month of Miracles, Miracle Man, Younger Associates, spring, service, volunteer, event, Mayor Jerry Gist, gardening, cleaning, fun, family, community, Monique Merriweather, Neighborhood Services, church, Christian, Christianity, emergency, fire department, Jackson Fire Department, police, Jackson Police Department, crime, safety, Safe Neighborhood Task Force, unity, neighborhoods, diversity, relationship, friendship, friends, garden
On: ComeUnity Café
On: ComeUnity Café

The garden is a block away from the café, a small oasis of green amidst the severe office buildings and cloudy gray-scale urban landscape that makes up downtown Jackson. It doesn’t draw attention to itself, and many pedestrians walk quickly by without even noticing it, busy with their phones or their thoughts or their plans to hurry on to something, somewhere, sometime.

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EssaysEmily LittletonJackson TN, Tennessee, Emily Littleton, ComeUnity Café, café, restaurant, local restaurant, local business, garden, downtown Jackson, gardening, food, cooking, social enterprise, homeless, #OurJacksonTable, A Night of Storytelling, Cari Griffith