Tucked away behind the dam at Lake Raleigh, the Students for Organic United Living (S.O.U.L.) Garden slumbers as it waits until spring when it will once again be filled with tasty fruits and veggies ripe for the picking. Where now only a grassy cover crop grows, the garden’s managers are already dreaming big for the spring planting season. But to pull it off, they are going to need help.     Maintaining a garden is hard work, and there is still a lot of work that needs to be done before the next planting season. To date, they have no deer fence or storage space, and need help building necessary items for the garden. “The garden is still young, and there’s still lots of room to grow,” said Bryan Maxwell, one of the garden’s founders.   The summer won’t be all toil, though. “The leadership team has already had several planning meetings to discuss the direction the garden will be going in next year. We’re really excited about what’s to come,” said Lauren Morris, the SOUL Garden’s creator.    Full of ideas, Morris is dreaming big for the upcoming year. “We have talked about a harvest festival, and more gardening days,” she said.  ”We have so much fun working on the garden together.”   Their model of making work fun is paying off. The SOUL garden’s notoriety is spreading. “We have had professors contact us to see how they can integrate the garden into some of their classes next semester,” said Morris. The garden was also approached by a group of students interested in publicizing the garden, for a class project. “We were really lucky, they made us a website and a YouTube video.”    According to Maxwell, next year there will be a great way for students to work at the garden, and even get to have their own space to grow whatever they want. “At our meeting, we decided to encourage student involvement by creating a new program. Students can buy a 3×4 ft. plot for $10, and can garden it for the whole summer,” said Maxwell.   The SOUL Garden is a tasty way to get involved on-campus, and everyone is always invited. According to Morris, “We’re always looking for new people to get involved, and if someone has an idea, and wants to make it happen, we’ll do anything we can to help.”    So, if you’re around next spring, and are enticed by the idea of growing what you eat, check out their Facebook page: SOUL Garden at NCSU. If Facebook isn’t your thing, you can also drop them an email at: [email protected].    Chris Cioffi is a senior in English and an intern at the Office of Sustainability.