Care to grow with us? Volunteer.
Our volunteers are the roots that nurture the Springfield Community Gardens' growth. Whether you're part of the neighborhood or simply know a smart move when you see it, volunteering helps create a local, ongoing food source for Springfield families. The project is built to benefit people who invest their own time and effort, and working the gardens puts food on the table—be it your own or, if you've just dropped by to help, your neighbor's.
Garden volunteering is about more than growing food for the community. It's about growing the community itself. By design, community members who help out develop crucial skills. Volunteers learn about healthy eating, quick and easy cooking, and even how to plant budget-saving veggies in their own yards.
Schedule your volunteer date, and we'll grow together.
Want to help sow the seeds? Donate.
Springfield Community Gardens are located in neighborhoods full of dedicated people who keep the healthy food growing. The Gardens build a sense of community pride as neighbors and families come together with kids, parents, and even grandparents working side-by-side. But that work ethic can't pay for the equipment, seeds, soil, and other items it takes to run a successful garden. Thankfully, people like you know that donations help motivated people help themselves.
Donating money when you can or stopping by the Hovey House with gardening equipment lets the Springfield Community Gardens help local families grow their own food and improve neighborhoods that have seen hard times lately. And whether your donation is big as a beanstalk or small as a sprout, it makes a huge difference for us.
Choose your donation, and help Springfield grow stronger.
The Yardstick: A Community Garden Blog
Growing Strong—Starting Our Community Garden
December 6, 2011 • Posted by
The Idea Gets Planted
Like many great ideas, the Grant Beach Community Garden stems from an unexpected source. What would become a community-wide effort (and will become a city-wide movement) all started because a beautiful gray kitten in a rhinestone collar wandered from its home. Rescuing this precious, little animal from a vine-entangled tree led to a much needed wakeup call that soon changed my… Continue Reading »
Introducing Our Community Gardens Founders
December 1, 2011 • Posted by
The Springfield Community Gardens' founders will be the first to tell you the gardens have seen early success thanks to the many dedicated Grant Beach neighborhood residents and other Springfield volunteers. That's true, and people close to the project are thankful our founders have done quite a bit of heavy lifting too. Certainly, they've earned a formal introduction at the very least.
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