[Community_garden] church supported community gardens

[Mark Stanley]

Don - I coordinate the Hope Community Garden on property owned by Federated
Church (1/2 Presbyterian and 1/2 Methodist) in the foothills of Northern
California.  We are going into our 3rd season and will be adding beds for
the local Indian Education Program and hopefully developing a children's
garden area.  We also have a raised bed for the students at the Center for
the Visually Impaired, which rents a house on the same property and two beds
devoted to the Plant a Row for the Hungry project.

 

The church has been very supportive of our efforts.  We are covered by the
Federated Church insurance and grateful to have a bathroom, storage sheds
and a garage on the property.  Gardeners pay $40.00 per year for a bed that
is 8' x 24'.  We keep the cost affordable by sponsoring a farmers' market at
church on Sundays in the summer.  Church members and gardeners donate their
extra produce and people take what they want, making a donation that helps
fund the garden and our local food closet.

 

Let me know if you want more information.

 

Robin Stanley

Camino, CA

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