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

(Multi-Faith) Climate, Food, and Faith by Blessed Tomorrow
(Jewish) The Adamah Farm by Adamah
(Jewish) Fit to Eat by Alli Rosen and Liz Traison

Videos

(Multi-Faith) Eating Our Way Toward Climate and Racial Justice by Blessed Tomorrow
(Baha'i) The Power of a Community Garden by Naysan Naraqi
(Lutheran) How Church Soil Can Feed the Community by Lutherans Restoring Creation

Tools

(Jewish) Pickling 101 by Adamah
(United Church of Christ) Ten Tips for Starting a Church Garden by Nancy Leckerling
(Disciples of Christ) Return to the Garden: A Disciples Guide to Organizing Community Gardens by Angela Herrmann
(Multi-Faith) How to Organize a Community Garden by Lucy Bradley
(Multi-Faith) How to Start a Garden — 10 Steps to Gardening for Beginners by Laurie Neverman

Articles

(Multi-Faith) Growing a Garden Church from Food Scraps and Compost by Anna Woofenden
(Jewish) Shmita & Hydroponics/Aquaponics by Yigal Deutscher
(Ecumenical) 7 Reasons Your Church Should Have a Community Garden by Sarah Leadon
(Multi-Faith) Extending the Front Porch: Is Your Church Ready for a Garden? by Kendra Juskus