Community Garden Group
Growing a healthy community by growing healthy food!
The Vineyard Community Garden was created to demonstrate Gospel stewardship by enabling Vineyard members to grow produce and other bounty on Vineyard property for the benefit and nurturing of our families, our communities, and others who may be in need.
In these gardens, families are able to garden their own patches with whatever annual fruits, vegetables, or flowers they choose. Not only does produce grow, but a new sense of community grows as families and individuals get to know each other by working toward a common goal. You do not need to know how to garden to participate. We have experts standing by and lots of links below to help at every turn.We will be posting links to helpful resources, gardening how-to videos, as well as updates to this site so be sure to visit it frequently.
Members of the Vineyard Church interested are encouraged to sign up for a plot through the main church office by contacting Joanne Smythe at jodsmyth@yahoo.com
Gardening Opportunities
Below is a list of the different gardening opportunities that groups may want to participate in.
Family Gardens At the core of why we are doing this, the family garden allows for the generation of food for the family and serves as a medium for teaching children about farming and food. The family garden also enables communing with other family gardeners while in the field or onthe Vineyard Community Garden website.
LifeGroup Gardens Like any other group, this can be a focal point of effort for a LifeGroup. The objectives include using cultivation activity to encourage community, and movement toward a common goal; i.e. producing food for others or those within the LifeGroup.
Special Projects Garden Groups directly associated with The Vineyard can mange gardens to generate produce as a special project. Scouts, Singles, Youths and other small groups can join to make this gardening a project.
Vineyard Flower Garden Plots dedicated to the raising of flowering plants that can be used to provide fresh cut flowers for the Vineyard lobby. Brilliantly colored flowers with blooms produced throughout a growing season are preferred. Maintainers of this garden should schedule the picking and assembly of arrangements for the church.
Specialized Gardens There may be an interest in planting and growing a particularly challenging product. This will allow other Vineyard gardeners to enjoy specialized produce not easily produced by everyone.
Online Resources for participants of the Vineyard Garden
We have found the following resources helpful with seed selection and general information on gardening. Simply click on the link and a new window will open so you can come right back here when you are through.
- American Community Gardens Association
- University of Tennessee Extension Service
- Growing Cool and Warm Season Vegetables
- Growing Warm Season Vegetables
- Growing Tomatoes
- Starting Seeds
- Mail-order catalogs online with seed and plant sources
- A List of Instant Downloads like Organic Vegetable Gardening
- Square Foot Gardening
Name the Garden
04/07/2011 12:35 pm
By Admin, Admin
Our garden needs a name! What are you suggesting?
What are you going to be growing in your space?
03/29/2011 10:19 pm
By Admin, Admin
We are looking forward to fresh veggies from the garden this summer. What are you going to be growing?
Community Garden Group
This past Spring, the Vineyard started a community garden to raise healthy food while building healthy community. Look how our garden has grown!
| Topic: "We don't compost - we Bokashi" |
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By Joanne Smyth 04/07/2011 04:44p [Reply] Bokashi is a way to recycle ALL your kitchen scraps, vegetable peels, leftover pizza, cheese, meat, apple cores. |
Downloads
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| Community Garden Policies | 04/06/2011 |
 
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