Gardening Know How's School and Community Garden Sponsorships was fortunate enough to help support 10 gardens with a $1,000 each. The gardens selected represent a small portion of the multitude of school and community gardens out there, and we are excited to share each of their stories with you. Once a month we will be highlighting one of our sponsorship recipients so that you, too, can see how wonderful and worthwhile these amazing gardens are. This month we are featuring the Bedford Community Garden. Located in Bedford, OH, the Bedford Community Garden boasts 42 plots, a small apple orchard and a few raised beds. While they thrive on diversity, catering to various community groups, students from Central Primary School and the UH Bedford Medical Center's Age Well Be Well Club, it is their hope to provide a more accessible gardening space for handicap and aging gardeners. With sponsorship funds from Gardening Know How, they plan on erecting three new raised beds, constructed with the aid of their local high school's "Space Maker" class. These new beds will help remedy current issues with soil, drainage and accessibility. In addition, one of the beds, a vegetable plot, will be used by the UH Bedford Medical Center's Diabetes Support program as an area in which educational meetings will be conducted. The easily accessible planting beds are an effort to provide opportunities for successfully growing healthy produce and supplementing food needs while providing enjoyable outdoor activities to gardeners. Excess harvests will be donated to the local food bank as well, providing a healthful food source to those in need. The project also incorporates educational speakers offering instruction on the basics of vegetable gardening, organic gardening, companion planting, seed saving and more...including additional resources provided by gardeningknowhow.com. The concept of "hands-on" learning by doing doesn't only apply to young gardeners. Even seasoned gardeners that have been around for some time can learn something new. Gardening has a way of bringing us together - all ages, all regions and all cultures. We are proud to be a part of this.
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How To Grow Garden To Table: A Guide For Home CooksWhat could be better than a meal that comes directly from garden to table? Show off your gardening and culinary skills with the very freshest food.
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Want a Backyard Mini Orchard? Create Your Own Container OrchardEasier to care for in small spaces, a backyard mini-orchard makes sense for busy gardeners and juicy fruit is the reward.
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The Grow Garden at GIVE - 2022 Grant RecipientThis alternative school in Georgia is using its garden to teach kids in all new ways.
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Common Ground Community Garden - 2022 Grant RecipientThis Texas community garden has been getting people out of their apartments and into nature for 12 years.
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Ben Franklin Elementary School – 2022 Grant RecipientThis hundred year old garden in Cleveland, Ohio is still going strong with a unique educational program for fourth graders.
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Kin Park Community Garden - 2022 Grant RecipientRead about the small town in Vancouver that's bringing its people together with fresh produce and garden plots.
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Elmsdale Community Garden – 2022 Grant RecipientThe Elmsdale Community Garden is striving to bring food security to rural Nova Scotia, one garden bed at a time. Read their story here.
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Gainesville Giving Garden - 2022 Grant RecipientThe Gainesville Giving Garden was born from a dream of freedom from food insecurity during the height of covid. Read its story here.
