The goal was to plant a garden, but what grew was a farm family.

That is how Debbie Hennigan of Illinois Valley Community Living Programs, formally known as Narvick House, describes the four core individuals and the many others from the program that come out weekly to garden at the farm of Bob Wilkinson near Mazon.

Illinois Valley Community Living Programs serves people with disabilities to help them live independently. Recently they hooked up with the Grundy County Farm Bureau to take care of the Wilkinson's garden, which had not been utilized in several years.