Staff member says sunflowers grown at the site became a 'safe space'

A staff member at a Cumberland County site described planting two sunflowers in cracks last year that grew into what they now call a "forest." The plants provide what the speaker called a "peace" and a "safe space."

The speaker linked the gardening effort to a broader impulse to help and design spaces for people who use the facility: "I have a side of me that always wants to, you know, help out, design, plant, and feed the people." The sunflowers were framed as a small, local effort that improves the site environment for both staff and visitors.