Once a week, five-year-old April Bingham skips on mulch and leaves until she finds a cluster of juicy tomatoes.

"All the red tomatoes, they make me think of a rainbow," Bingham said. "The foods that are here in the garden are so healthy for us. It
makes my muscles grow stronger." She happily threw her arms in the air to show her muscles.

Bingham is talking about the produce grown in the Unity Park Community Garden, located off Gattis School Road in Round Rock. Before this spring, there wasn't a community garden in the city where the public could grow produce. Now, it's open to people not just from Round Rock, but all of Central Texas.

"There hadn't been an opportunity like a community garden as many of the other cities do around here," volunteer Katy Bingham said. "This is our first season. We opened in February of this year.
We're just amazed with the growth and success we've had so far."

Holli Haswell and her son have been part of that growth. They bought a plot when the garden first opened and have watched it sprout tomatoes and peppers.

"At the end of March, this was nothing but an empty field. By hand, we plowed everything with a shovel and a rake, basically," Haswell said. "Three months later, here you go."

Every Tuesday, a portion of what ends up in Haswell's basket, and those of the other gardeners, goes to the Round Rock Serving Center, which helps those in need. Four plots on the site are also dedicated entirely to growing produce for the serving center.

"What else can you do with a thousand tomatoes? It's fantastic to be able to help all the clients at the Serving Center," Haswell said.