The public will get the chance to tour Carmel’s Gleaning Garden from 8 a.m. to noon this Saturday, Aug. 4, near 622 S. Range Line Road.
Photo illustration provided
Hundreds of passersby on the Monon regularly visit the garden, but rarely do those people get to see some of the cool things that go on at The Gleaning Garden – things like the composting operation, water collection, how the garden interacts with the human community and with the more-than-human community. Free simple resources to help address food insecurity in Hamilton County will also be provided.
Fresh bread and other treats will be offered to all guests.
To “saunter” and to “turn”
The passive voice of the Latin root word for “conversation” (which is conversare) means “to turn about with” or “to turn about together.” But that is just one sense of the word that is and was used. In other definitions, dating back to the mid-fourteenth century and in Old French, “conversation” also meant:
- Place where one lives or dwells; to abode in a place.
- The general course of actions, habits, or manner of conducting oneself in the world.
- Behavior, life, way-of-life, or monastic life.
- To live, dwell, live with, or keep company with.
In other words, “to turn about” with one another, especially as it relates to the concept of “place,” is an act of conversation. So, for this garden tour, we’ll saunter (walk about slowly) and turn with each other, talking about the garden as a place in Carmel.