GIFT Garden Project Grows More

The GIFT garden (Greenpoint Interfaith Food Team) is a volunteer project to provide fresh produce for the hungry in the community. Our group was founded as an interfaith project in 2009 by volunteers from Greenpoint Shul and Greenpoint Reformed Church. The Garden has enjoyed two successful seasons at the Shul providing fresh organic vegetables for the food pantry and soup kitchen at the Greenpoint Hunger Program. This coming winter the Garden is looking to expand, by forging links with other faith communities, finding new spaces which can be re-purposed into gardening plots, and recruiting new volunteers who want to get their hands dirty and grow some food! 

If you would like to know more about the project or if you have any suggestions for the volunteers please get in touch via Facebook, email or telephone.

http://www.facebook.com/GIFTGardenProject
[email protected]

This winter we’re looking forward to enhancing the infrastructure of the garden with additional raised beds and cold frames and greenhouses. This will help us extend our growing season and help us produce even more fresh food for the needy of the community. Although the Garden is for the most part self financing we are hoping to raise $500 through donations to help pay for the additional lumber, plastic and soil needed.

With the additional infrastructure the Garden will be able to provide much more produce for the Greenpoint Hunger Program.