Thursday lunch is grilling day in the Bethesda Gateway Garden. Dennis fires up the barbecue grill and cooks hot dogs and hamburgers and serves them to any one who arrives. He brings all the supplies outside including iced tea plus all the fixings. I spent over two hours outside at lunch today, eating and talking and enjoying myself. At least forty people came out for lunch. Many brought their own food, rejecting those prepared by Dennis. Most folks came to eat and talk and after half an hour or so, they got back to work, so I had a constantly rotating cast of folks to talk to. It was fun.
Dennis made this garden. It is actually a ten foot wide space between two buildings, right behind the parking lot and adjacent to our office building. Dennis decided to make this space useful. He brought some furniture from home and he asked the agents to bring deck furniture from clients who were getting rid of chairs and tables. Then he bought plants from Walmart so now we have hanging plants and large ferns and lots of furniture. It is pleasant and useful and when the weather is good we eat lunch outside, all thanks to Dennis and his idea. In a million years I would never have thought to fix up this ugly space and turn it into a lovely useful garden. We wanted to name it Dennis' Garden but he would not hear of it. It is the Bethesda Gateway Garden and we enjoy it and are grateful.
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