Harvest Community Garden

In April 2012, Redeemer Evangelical Covenant Church built Harvest Community Garden in partnership with Keep Carrollton Beautiful (as the Garden’s 501c3 parent organization).

Its purpose is to grow organic produce and donate half of the yield to a local food pantry.

The mission of Harvest Community Garden is to enable people in the Carrollton area to:

Learn how to grow produce using organic practices
Have garden space that might not be available to them (e.g. apartments, assisted living centers)
Feed the hungry – We donate at least half of the harvest to the food pantry at Christian Community Action (CCA).
Foster a sense of community as people make connections with one another
Provide service and volunteer opportunities using the community garden as the focus

In order to provide a sustainable community garden opportunity for citizens of Carrollton, without regard to their demographic or socioeconomic position, the plot rental cost is kept low. Full plots are only $40 per year and half plots are $20/year. Tools, soil, water, and gardening education are all free.

We have twelve plots (4’ x 20’ raised beds) and hope to build another 12. We have a storage shed with many garden tools and supplies available to gardeners and volunteers. We also have a rainwater collection system, as well as an irrigation system.