[Chat] May 2013 School House Garden ribbon-cutting will happen with your help

[Sharon L. Guida]

 Dear Neighbors, 

A partnership among Waverly Main Street, Civic Works and the CAN 
artists' Collective is transforming the vacant lot at Merryman Lane 
and Brentwood Avenue into the School House Garden.  

Conceived to highlight the place of Merryman Lane in the history of 
Waverly, and to pay homage to generations of African Americans who 
attended segregated Public School 115 - on the lot which now 
accommodates the Waverly Farmers Market - the garden will beautifully 
enhance the passage between the market and the Greenmount Avenue 
commercial corridor.   

For the Waverly Library and nearby schools the garden's historical 
theme offers rich possibilities.    

More than 100 volunteers have put in 300 hours removing 25 tons of 
rubble to prepare the space. 

The next stage of designing the garden space and installing art and 
other features is underway. 

Approximately $30,000 is needed for landscaping and artwork. 

Grants from the Parks and People Foundation have provided seed money. 
Waverly Main Street is also receiving $20,000 in State Community Legacy 
Funds.  

Individuals are now offered an opportunity to personally help raise the 
remaining balance. 

Current and former residents of the historic African American blocks 
whose family members attended Public School 115 have begun collecting 
donations for the project.  

To help in this effort of remembering the past, enhancing the present 
and speaking to the future, please consider a tax-deductible donation to 
the School House Garden.  

Make checks payable to Waverly Main Street, Inc. 
(a 501 (c) (3) organization) and mail them to: 
Waverly Main Street, 3124 Greenmount Ave., Baltimore MD 21218.  

Please note "School House Garden" on the memo portion of the 
check. 

Jo Ann Robinson 
Professor of History Emerita 
Morgan State University 
(Abell Community resident) 
            
Patricia Welch                
Dean, School of Education and Urban Affairs 
Morgan State University                    
(School 115 alumna) 

Joe Stewart 
Waverly Main Street 
History Committee Chair 
(Waverly Village resident) 



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