On September 9th, guests joined the artist Bennie Flores Ansell to plant basil seedlings with soil nourished by stories and took home plants!

As part of the Spring 2023 Moody Project Wall, the Rice community and public contributed stories of migration on paper that were subsequently composted at the Betty and Jacob Friedman Holistic Garden in a special Earth Day event. Now that the stories have been composted, the soil was used to plant basil seedlings. All were invited to participate in the planting at the Holistic Garden and take home basil seedlings in a small pot.

This event was free and open to all while supplies lasted.