Beyond the traditional neighborhood community garden, there are many other groups of people growing food in the Upstate, such as faith-based communities. Faith-based community gardens are funded and supported primarily through religious organizations, such as churches and synagogues or faith-based non-profit organizations. Faith-based gardens are often developed with the intent of providing fresh produce to [...]
Archive for the ‘Health and Wellness’ Category
29 Jan
Community Gardens – The Neighborhood
As we mentioned last week, the heart and soul of a community garden is its members. Although most people imagine community gardens to be a few raised beds serving a handful of families, they are actually as diverse as their human counterparts, ranging in size, function, purpose, style, and vegetation. In Greenville, each garden is unique in [...]
22 Jan
What is a community garden?
As we described last week, Gardening for Good is a network and resource center for community gardens in Greenville, SC. So, you may be wondering, what is a community garden? At Gardening for Good, we support the American Community Garden Association’s broad and inclusive definition of a community garden as any piece of land gardened [...]
13 Jan
Gardening for Good – Introduction
Greetings cyber world. This is my first post on the Greenville Forward blog, so I feel it is important to introduce myself and Gardening for Good. That’s me in the picture above. My name is Reece Lyerly and I am the Gardening for Good fellow with Greenville Forward. Here are a few fast facts about myself. [...]
26 Sep
Your Voice. Your Greenville. Join the Vision.
If you have been reading The Greenville News, attended our celebration, or have been keeping a pulse on Greenville Forward’s twitter feed, you have heard our big news. On September 15 ,we launched our inaugural membership program called: “Your Voice. Your Greenville. Join the Vision.” Since the big launch, we have been busy collecting memberships, [...]
7 Sep
The time is nearing…
If you keep up with Greenville Forward’s activities, you know we have some exciting things happening and we are delighted to share with you our newest addition to our nonprofit NEXT THURSDAY night. We are in the final planning stages and all we need now is for the people to come and celebrate with us. [...]
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