The Southeast Como Improvement Association (SECIA) is a finalist for a grant that could fund a new pilot project that would allow residents to have a portable, reusable garden in the form of a grow box in their houses and apartments. The grow box is planned to be a cylinder-shaped, two-foot-tall container with soil and plant material, instructions and a self-watering mechanism. The project, scheduled to launch next spring, is designed primarily for undergraduate student residents who don’t know how to grow plants or don’t have space outside their rented houses to grow organic produce. However, the program is open to any Southeast Como resident. . .