Anna Hill first moved into the Dolphin Heights neighborhood in Dallas in the mid '80s.
At the time she moved in, the neighborhood was riddled with "lots of criminal activity." She and a couple of other residents decided to "take the neighborhood back," and formed the Dolphin Heights Neighborhood Association with Hill as president.
Hill lived next to an empty lot, and in 2006 a "secret angel" bought the land, and donated it to the neighborhood. The association decided to convert the donated land into a community garden. Volunteers can work in the garden, and receive free produce in return.
Since the garden has been planted, it has fed volunteers, neighbors, and has kept a nearby food pantry at Empowering the Masses stocked with fresh produce.
Now, the neighborhood is looking to raise $50,000 to build a garden cottage and hire a gardener to live and work on the site full-time.
Now 80, Hill is still planting seeds to "produce a neighborhood where produce and pride grow side by side."
Via NBC DFW
