Tomorrow Garden Roots

Tomorrow Gardens tap deep into the roots of community and provide many well-earned benefits for our youth and serve as perfect settings for conversations between teacher and student, parent and child, or friend to friend.  The gardens serve as sanctuaries for students to reflect, relax, and recharge.

Additionally, The Tomorrow Gardens are a symbol of the most vital issues of our children's time; the environment and their future.  The central theme of the garden is "Healthy Choices Today Grow Into The Dreams of Tomorrow."

When one sits on a bench underneath the shade of a native tree in a Tomorrow Garden utilizing sustainable elements, recycled materials, and drought tolerant plants, their attention is immediately drawn to the environment.  The garden invites them to question, "What can I personally do to help protect and restore the environment for not only my dreams, but for the future dreams of all?"

A student who further contemplates the Tomorrow Gardens' theme eventually realizes that all choices they make today have the ability to influence the quality of their future.  The Tomorrow Garden is their garden, it is a place for them to consider how they feel about their life issues.  What should I consider when making choices regarding nutrition, money, my education, my family, my friends?  The invitation to the young mind is to dream about what they want to grow and have bear fruit in their life...in their garden.

Jeff Zotara & Michael Austin, creators of the Tomorrow Garden movement, urge today's youth to become architects of a future filled with the radiant colors of hope. Volunteer Today