Bethany Community Garden’s three goals are:
- Provide access to fresh vegetables for adults and children
- Use the Bethany Community Garden as a hands-on classroom for individuals in our neighborhood as well as the children in our Bethany Early Learning Ministry Pre-K class, and
- Use Gardening to Bring Neighbors Together
All produce is given to two food pantries (Hunger, Inc. and Servant’s Heart) and to garden volunteers.
During each growing season, we’ll:
Offer 4 formal gardening education classes for backyard and community gardeners.
Provide free community meals served by Bethany congregation at gardening classes and other special presentations.
We’ll maintain THREE types of gardens:
6 Raised beds for Bethany Early Learning Ministry for gardening and food nutrition education, including 24-28 hours of guided activities by Purdue Extension.
17 Individual garden plots (4 x 10 feet) rented for $30 each, with tillage and water provided, as well as a once a month volunteer commitment in the large community garden.
26 Community Garden plots (50 x 100 feet) as hands-on learning and all produce given away.