The Garden Council
The Garden Council is a group of volunteers that help keep the garden running smoothly and effectively. Learn more about the council members and their positions below!
Rachel Howe
Garden Coordinator
Rachel has been gardening since 2012 when she and her husband moved into their first home. In 2019 she attained her Tarrant County Master Gardener certification. When she isn't at the garden, you can find her in the apiary tending to her 6 beehives or participating in (and training for) k9 sports with her 2 Doberman dogs, Brody & Kaya!
Position Open
Assistant Coordinator
This position is currently open. The Assistant Coordinator works together with the garden coordinator to welcome new garden members, monitor email and website communications, and plan and coordinate garden activities. All garden plot holders are eligible to volunteer. If you are interested please contact commongroundnrh@hotmail.com
Suzanne Gibbs
Treasurer
Suzanne is a native of Tarrant County and has been gardening since she retired in 2008. She has been a member of Common Ground since its inception in 2010! She will tell you that it has been a wonderful experience of meeting new people, learning more about gardening, and actually growing her own produce. Her hobbies include gardening, gardening, gardening and enjoying her grandkids, who by the way, love coming to Nanny’s garden.
Cindy has been gardening since she was a kid, following her grandfather in his beautiful vegetable garden. This is her second year at Common Ground and she loves the sense of a sharing community that she experiences there. She has learned so much from all the gardeners at Common Ground and we are lucky to have her! Her hobbies include gardening (perennial flowers and vegetables), cycling, and travel.
Faye Swindell
Secretary
Rebecca has worked for many years in the plant nursery industry before joining common ground in 2024. She is currently in training to become a Tarrant County Master Gardener. Rebecca can often be spotted tirelessly working to maintain the native and adaptive landscape areas on the east side of the garden.
Rebecca Hewett
Garden Steward
Kathy Brewer
Newsletter
Sarah (along with her husband and four children) have been gardening organically since 2016. She joined Common Ground in 2019 when her family moved to NRH and she absolutely loves the knowledge and community that is shared here! In addition to gardening, she enjoys repeating herself 5 times per child, picking up all of the hotwheels cars off of the floor every half hour, and listening to the silence when all of the kids are in bed.
Dalton Grayson
Member at Large
