Seeds of Hope Community Garden

For the past two years I have helped with the landscaping at my church here in Columbus. It has been a lot of fun and a great way to get to know some of the members of the church. It even inspired me to take the Master Gardening Program through the Purdue extension.

The leader of the landscape group asked me to take on another project for this summer. He wanted to build a community garden on a vacant lot that the Church owns. So for the past month or so we have been working together to get the ground and the information ready to begin the Seeds of Hope Community Garden.

To date, we have prepared the area for the 15 available garden plots and will till, add compost, and mulch as the plots are reserved. I have also worked on getting the Registration and Garden Information in written format.

The goal is to provide a place for people to have a garden when they might not be able otherwise and build community at the same time with our neighbors. There will also be at least 1 plot dedicated to growing produce for our Hot Meals Program at First United Methodist Church.

I will try to post pictures over the summer to document our progress!