Come get your hands dirty at one of our work days – check out the schedule here. The schedule includes days/evenings and weeknights/weekends when leaders will be at the garden site to help you.
Southland’s Community Garden provides fresh produce to people in need in our community. We rely on Southland volunteers to grow and harvest vegetables and fruits, and distribute them to community partners. Whether you are an experienced gardener, new to gardening or a family with kids wanting to serve together, we can use your help! The garden is located at the back of our property, behind Building M. The Garden Team is already starting to plan for this season. Plans are being discussed to teach gardening to homeowners in the neighborhoods Southland is serving and to help them grow their own food. In order to improve on this year and expand our influence we need more leaders and volunteers.
This past year the garden size was doubled and we harvested and donated 4,670 pounds of vegetables! The primary recipients were Serve The City ministry, Hope Center for Women, and Hope Center for Men. There were 18 different crops harvested with tomatoes, corn and potatoes being the largest producing crops. We were truly blessed with good weather and committed leaders and volunteers.
If you would like to join our leader team, it's never too early to contact our garden team leader Craig Schuster at (859) 396-6719 or schumaan@aol.com or Karen if you're wanting to serve in any of these capacities.