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GARDEN TLC!

The Community Table Garden is in need of TLC repairs in our 3rd year of operation! We hope to amend our garden bed soil, improve our irrigation system, and build a shade stucture for our volunteers and visitors!

Leader

Sarah Taylor

Location

1895 Madison Memphis, TN 38104

About the project

The Community Table Food Bank Garden will be in its 3rd year of operation this year! We are beyond excited to continue growing clean, safe produce for the Food Bank and local soup kitchens. However, due to the garden getting a little older, and losing our main fiscal backer last year, we are left in need of a bit of repair and TLC. We literally give EVERYTHING we grow away, so our mission is continued through the support of the community.

Our garden consists of 11 raised beds that are in great need of some yummy dirt and compost to build them back up, a few items to improve our irrigation, and we are also hoping to add a few new beds to increase our growing space, and build a small shade structure for our volunteers and garden visitors to enjoy and utilize during the hottest parts of the day. We are hoping to purchase 8 - 10 cubic yards of soil & compost, 16 new Ollas that we use for irrigation inside the beds, and the lumber, tools, and materials for the shade structure.

Once these repairs and improvements are completed, we'll have four new garden beds,  all of our beds will be irrigated, all of the beds will be topped off with delicious compost, and our garden workers will have a place to take a break during hot hours of chores!

The Steps

Our compost will be ordered, delivered, and then worked into the beds by our volunteer staff at the beginning of the growing season.

The Ollas will be ordered in late Spring, early Summer, and buried into the last four un-irrigated beds to provide sufficient water to the plants.

The materials will be ordered for our simple shade structure in the Spring, and between a bit of professional help and our volunteer staff, we will build our shade structure over the Summer, hoping to have it completed by the end of this season.

Why we‘re doing it

The Community Table Garden grows clean, safe produce that is directly donated to the Mid South Food Bank and local soup kitchens, helping to provide healthy food options to our most vulnerable neighbors in the Mid South area. The garden is also located on an otherwise empty city lot, adding beauty and life to the neighborhood, while being extremely productive in our gardening goals. We are in our third year of operation, and have provided about 2,000 lbs of fresh produce to the Food Bank and local Soup Kitchens since 2014. CT Garden sadly lost its main fiscal backer last year, so we are working to make up the difference so that we can continue this work that we feel is so important. EVERYONE should have access to clean, safe, healthy food, regardless of their socioeconomic status, or the hardships they may be facing in life. We look forward to improving the Garden, and increasing our growing opportunities.

 

$2,610.00 / $2,610.00