By jtsherkLAR 524, 2019, Carolina Campus Community Garden Raingarden Design and Phase 1 build, Chapel Hill, NC. The Carolina Campus Community Garden (CCCG) is a program of the North Carolina Botanical Garden where they grow vegetables and fruit so that all UNC employees have access to fresh, sustainably grown produce. This is made possible through the shared efforts of staff, students, faculty, and local residents. The garden serves as a learning community for developing gardening skills, healthy living, social responsibility, and interdisciplinary academic pursuits. |Teaching
By jtsherkLAR 524, Summer 2018, Rocky Branch Artful Restoration is an urban creek that runs more than a mile through NC State’s campus and drains into Walnut Creek, a tributary of the Neuse River. Nearly ten years ago, NC State partnered with NC Sea Grant to implement a three-phase restoration project of Rocky Branch. |NC State, Teaching
By jtsherkLAR 524, Summer 2016, Beginning and Beyond Development Center Entrance Renovation, Raleigh NC. Received 2016 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Public Service. The North Carolina State University’s summer 2015 classes in Landscape Architecture Construction, Materials, and Methods and Planting Design integrated meaningful community service with instruction and reflection that enrich their learning experience, modeled civic responsibility, and strengthen the community.