Unity Gardens Inc.

We Are Growing More Than Vegetables!

 

We Are Growing More than Vegetables Here!

 

The Unity Vision

To have a community with an abundance of healthy, locally grown produce.

The Unity Mission

To improve community health:
Physically by increasing accessibility of fruits and vegetables as well as providing education on nutrition and food preparation.
Socially by providing education, increased social capital, and opportunities for the disadvantaged
Economically: by developing a sustainable local food system, recapturing food waste, creating new jobs, and increasing per-capita productivity

The gardens provide food for those in need & bring diverse people together to grow, harvest, share, and eat healthy food. Each UnityGarden has two criteria: diverse people coming together to grow food and a sharing component.

There are many ways to start and operate a Unity Garden. It all depends on the location, the gardeners, and the end result. There are allotment gardens with plots allocated to individuals or families, there are cooperative gardens with collective growing and harvesting, there are market gardens, there are feed-the-hungry gardens, and the Unity Garden. Unity Gardens are designed to operate in a free and open manner, allowing people to stop by to help plant, weed, water, and/or harvest as they want and as they need. This open concept works well to bring together communities and provide food for those who need it.

Each garden develops to meet each set of gardeners needs and interests,yet all gardens share the harvest through the donation of excess produce. There are many frameworks for developing a garden. These include:

For more information on gardens in general or specific, check out the slide show (below), review the gardens listed on the Gardens tab above, or contact us to schedule a presentation at your next neighborhood, business, or organization meeting.

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