Program helps Waterloo-area residents start home gardens KRISTIN GUESS, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier July 2, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — As a child, Dan Sperry-Weber lived on a farm near Raymond. He fondly remembers helping his family grow tomatoes, onions and other produce each summer. As an adult, various obstacles led Sperry-Weber away from the garden. His daughter knew he had a desire to tend to a garden again one day. Earlier this year, through the Northeast Iowa Food Bank, she discovered a new University of Northern Iowa program and signed up her father. It’s called A Garden in Every Lot, a UNI and Green Iowa AmeriCorps program that helps aspiring gardeners start their own home garden at no cost.