Located in Athens Georgia, the Pinewoods Community includes the Pinewoods mobile home neighborhood and the Pinewoods Library and Community Education Center. In partnership with LACSI, many native Latin American species were planted. Working in the Pinewoods Community is a priority to the LAEG as this partnership gives back to the Athens community and celebrates the Latinx presence in Athens. Ms. Aída Quiñones (left), Branch Manager of the Pinewoods Library and Community Education Center, with friends installing monarch wings to the entrance of the Pinewoods Community Garden. Ms. Aída Quiñones (left), Branch Manager of the Pinewoods Library and Community Education Center, with friend at entrance to the Pinewoods Garden. AESC2990 Service-Learning class working in Pinewoods Community Garden, spring 2018. Malvaviscus arboreus (known as Tulipán or Manzanilla in Spanish) is used for inflammation of the digestive tract and as a menstrual aid. Children harvesting Mexican Cotton/Algodón (Gossypium hirsutum), fall 2019 Children harvesting Mexican Cotton/Algodón (Gossypium hirsutum), fall 2019 Planting Hoja Santa (Piper auritum) and other ethnobotanical plants at Pinewoods Community Garden. Preparing Bread to be baked in a traditional horno (adobe oven). Planting cilantro in the garden \. Community Members baking bread together. Children harvesting tomatoes from the garden.
