Claudia Callaghan

PRESIDENT

My name is Claudia Callaghan and I have been gardening at Soo Line Community Garden for eight years. During those first years, I also was gardening with my people from the disabled community as we had our own plot in the garden. We walked to Soo Line Community Garden every day, in every season, enjoying everything about being in a changing garden. I also have been gardening almost all my life. One of my first memories is planting my own tomato plant in our backyard with my mom.
I now have three wonderful children and one granddaughter.
Besides gardening and working in a bookstore, I write songs and am currently working on a book of poetry. I also am an avid, daily walker, home cook and am always creating and trying new vegetarian recipes to share with my family and friends.

Pam Colby

TREASURER

Pam is passionate about the Soo Line Community garden because it is a safe space that nourishes and enriches her spiritually. Pam has a long history of non-profit work primarily focussed on equity and access to media and served for 15-years as the Executive Director of the Minneapolis Television Network. She is a teaching artist and filmmaker and a long-time member of the Queer Community. Pam lives in the Central Neighborhood of Minneapolis and loves to ride her bike down the Midtown Greenway to the garden.

Regina Brenner

After moving from Germany in 1994 to help the Waldorf Schools in the area, it was important for me to join the Soo Line Garden right away. Back in Germany, I had been involved with several organic farms and the supporting communities we built around them. Being out in nature with my students was always essential. The Soo Line Garden became a peaceful oasis, a healthy place to connect with a wide range of different people. Since joining the board, I have been striving to help weave the community together and provide some stability in all the ups and downs.

Malone DeYoung

I fell in love with the community and lifestyle of gardening two summers ago while working on a farm with my friend Paige in Washington. Once we both moved back home to Minneapolis, we joined the Soo Line Garden and were charmed by the magic of an urban garden right along the greenway and the instant community we found. I joined the board this winter of 2021, and am so excited to be more involved in this beautiful place!