In 2011, Our Savior Lutheran Church started a community garden. Our first year we produced over 900 pounds of vegetables that we donated to those in need of food.
The idea of the community garden is to be an intergenerational effort to provide fresh, healthy, locally grown food for those who are hungry in our community. As a church we will plant vegetable and fruit seeds and plants, volunteers will care for the garden throughout the summer and fall, and we’ll donate the produce to local food pantries and to use at PADS.
The idea of the community garden is to be an intergenerational effort to provide fresh, healthy, locally grown food for those who are hungry in our community. As a church we will plant vegetable and fruit seeds and plants, volunteers will care for the garden throughout the summer and fall, and we’ll donate the produce to local food pantries and to use at PADS.
The purposes of the garden are:
· To bring together people from all generations (from preschool to Seniors) in our congregation- to form a stronger relationships within our congregation as well as with members of the community
· To ensure that people in our community have access to fresh, healthy, locally grown food
· To offer opportunities for everyone in the congregation to learn gardening skills through hands-on experience and perhaps through seminars or presentations from gardening experts
· To care for Creation and be good stewards of the land and other resources God has given us through organic and sustainable gardening practices
