Operation: Vegetables! The Giant Boardgame of Yummy Health was created by 2016 Ballot Box Project Grantee Linda Zolten Wood. She engaged Collinwood children from 1st - 5th grades who attended workshops in Northeast Ohio's Memorial Nottingham Library (Mem/Nott), Grovewood Road Salvation Army Summer Camp and Collinwood Branch Library designing ‘Veggie Superheroes & Villains’.

Zolten Wood painted the newly planted vegetable garden box at Mem/Nott in the early morning hours before the scorching sun bore down. The kids’ hilarious and varied characters served as inspiration to decorate box (and the giant board game action cards), positioned directly outside of the children’s section windows of the library, echoing the accent colors of Mem/Nott’s architecture and the painted rain barrel hand selected for the blues and greens echoing the library trim, designed by local Architect Richard Fleischman.

Her progress was recorded on her Facebook page, “Operation Vegetables” with game locations listed in photo albums; they are available for Reservations for Free Group Play.

Neighborhood Painted Garden with kid’s SuperHero/Villain Veggie Designs; Upcycled CD’s intended to scare off Deer intrusion: It worked for a couple of months…Currently Placed in a Private Residence due to Scheduled Library relocation, Collinwood, Ohio 44110

This project has been generously funded by ArtPlaceAmerica and the former Northeast Shores Development Corporation, with added support by The Collinwood Painted Rain Barrel Project, Neighborhood Connections, Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, Cleveland Water and Cleveland Climate Action Fund.