Veterans Involved In Neighborhood Beautification Project Find Healing In Philadelphia Community Garden

CBS Philadelphia

December 9, 2024

A vacant acre of land on Megargee Street is being transformed into a community garden in Northeast Philadelphia. The project is led by Heroic Gardens, a nonprofit that uses gardening to help veterans find peace and purpose.

For Mike Peterman, a U.S. Army veteran, working with the soil has been life-changing.

"I have PTSD, and I'm constantly moving. I have trouble being still," Peterman said. "When I get out in the soil, it helps me slow down a lot."

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