St. Louis non-profit, Gateway Greening, recently held its annual Garden Program Awards Ceremony, and as part of the event, it was announced that two new gardens, in Maplewood, would be added to the program.
Kellogg Park Community Garden and the Maplewood Food Pantry Garden, at Christ Church, United Church of Christ, will be added in 2015.
This means the garden groups will receive materials and resources from Gateway Greening, to help support and expand the gardens this spring and summer. The gardens provide fresh produce to community members through pantries.
The food pantry gardening group at Christ Church, United Church of Christ, formed in 2012, is an offshoot of the Peace and Justice action group at the church. It has been involved in various community service, development and policy projects since 1999.
Members of the garden group have two goals: to provide fresh, healthy, organic food for neighbors in need who rely on local food pantries; and to raise awareness about the possibility of producing high quality food in small urban spaces.
In 2013, the group grew vegetables in approximately 50 five-gallon buckets and sent 15 more plants in buckets home with congregation members and others.
In 2014, the group built two raised beds for vegetables. The produce is delivered to two local food pantries for distribution: St. Vincent de Paul at Immaculate Conception Church and the Maplewood Salvation Army.
Where is the one at Kellogg Park?
JR – I’d say the community garden at Kellogg Park is yet to be built – prob this spring.
We received so many wonderful tomatoes for our pantry from Christ Church UCC!