Weed It & Reap: Joe Balderas

Joe Balderas is the garden and buildings administrator at Sofia Quintero Art and Cultural Center in Old South Toledo. In 2002, the center opened at the former Horn Hardware Store at 1224 Broadway St in Old South Toledo. It’s now the event space where plans call for the 2015 installation of a commercial kitchen where youngsters will be taught how to eat, cook, and preserve vegetables. CLICK ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE AND START SLIDESHOW

Enlarge | Buy This Photo A chicken coop is being built.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Joe Balderas trims a strawberry plant before it's planted in a vertical basket.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Joe Balderas sorts and trims strawberry plants.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Alyssa Birkhimer, 5, climbs on a tree stump frog as Madison Harmon, 12, and Arianna Willis, 12 , right, weed a ...
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Vertical strawberry baskets.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Flowers in bloom at the Sofia Quintero Art and Cultural Center.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Strawberry plants rise from the ground.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo A painted fence is ready to be put to use.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Madison Harmon, 12, left, and Arianna Willis, 12 , right, weed a garden.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Abby Guenin, 14, left, and Maya Harmon, 12, paint butterfly boxes.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Sign in a garden near the Sofia Quintero Center.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Joe Balderas wheels strawberry plants.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Joe Balderas plants strawberry plants in vertical baskets.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Sign in a garden near the Sofia Quintero Center.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Colorful signs on a garden structure.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo A bird bath and wood sculpture.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Joe Balderas helps Arianna Willis, 12, as they paint butterfly boxes.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo The colorful garden.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Joe Balderas sorts strawberry plants before they are planted in vertical baskets.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Riley Kanary, 9, paints a butterfly box.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Colorfully painted objects such as this split rail fence are a hallmark.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Flowers in bloom.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Peter Meinecke, Volunteer and Development Coordinator at the Sofia Quintero Art and Cultural Center, and Joe Balderas, sort and trim ...
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Tulips in bloom.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Items to be used in the garden are neatly arranged.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo A bird house on a garden structure.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Tonia Birkhimer and her twin five year old daughters Alyssa, left, and Sophia, paint butterfly boxes.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Madison Harmon, 12, left, and Arianna Willis, 12 , right, weed a garden.
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