We are very passionate about helping people grow food for themselves, and locally sourcing other foods they can't produce on their own. Even though we create gardens for personal use in your backyard, we are also interested in developing community projects for people to share their food and gardening experience. Jayne helped start Longfellow Creek Community Garden in her neighborhood, and so far we have grown a lot of food there. Jenn planned and supervised the planting of the Food Bank garden and farm space on Vashon Island.
Today I (Jayne) came across a great site at communitygarden.org that shows you step by step how to create a community garden. This year, I am planning the plot (on Longfellow Creek) and I hope it will be even easier to grow and harvest food there. Since we already have the site already prepped and some of the seeds, we have a head start. I plan to use the site through the season to ask questions of veteran community gardeners about the plan, the food, organizing community members, and whatever else comes up for us. I think it will be useful for inspiration this year. We have been wanting to grow food specifically for the food bank, and to grow enough to put some away for the winter. I hope this is the year we can make all of that happen- My winter food bills are way too much!
I hope to be included in a grant to create 4 more community gardens for low income folks in the Delridge area of Seattle. The criteria for having the garden at your house depends on the grant, but you have to share the produce, and maybe the work with your neighbors. If you have a large, sunny garden that you would be willing to transform, please contact us at goodfoodgardens@gmail.com so we can look at your space, decide how many people it could feed, and give you a quote on the hours/ money it would take to transform it into a Mini Farm or see if you are eligible for participation in the grant!
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