Create a Community Garden
Deepen your connection with creation and the natural world by starting a community garden. Tending a garden provides spiritual renewal and nourishes one's community. By getting your hands in the soil, people of all backgrounds can come together to honor the sacred gift of land.
Materials & Resources
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(Multi-Faith) Healthy Creation, Native Plants, and Community Gardens
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(Multi-Faith) Climate, Food, and Faith by Blessed Tomorrow
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(Jewish) The Adamah Farm by Adamah
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(Jewish) Fit to Eat by Alli Rosen and Liz Traison
Videos
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(Multi-Faith) Eating Our Way Toward Climate and Racial Justice by Blessed Tomorrow
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(Baha'i) The Power of a Community Garden by Naysan Naraqi
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(Lutheran) How Church Soil Can Feed the Community by Lutherans Restoring Creation
Tools
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(Jewish) Pickling 101 by Adamah
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(United Church of Christ) Ten Tips for Starting a Church Garden by Nancy Leckerling
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(Disciples of Christ) Return to the Garden: A Disciples Guide to Organizing Community Gardens by Angela Herrmann
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(Multi-Faith) How to Organize a Community Garden by Lucy Bradley
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(Multi-Faith) How to Start a Garden — 10 Steps to Gardening for Beginners by Laurie Neverman
Articles
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(Multi-Faith) Growing a Garden Church from Food Scraps and Compost by Anna Woofenden
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(Ecumenical) 7 Reasons Your Church Should Have a Community Garden by Sarah Leadon
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(Multi-Faith) Extending the Front Porch: Is Your Church Ready for a Garden? by Kendra Juskus