Help support your community by sharing your garden’s abundance through this unique and exciting program. If you love to garden and want to share your bounty, we invite you to join in the effort of providing fresh, nutritious, garden fresh produce to local families in need. If you don’t have your own garden, consider helping at our community garden hosted by Andrews Hay.
How Gardeners Can Help
- Plant foods the food bank needs
- Extend the growing season by planting early varieties, having several smaller plantings & growing two crops in one year
- Grow produce with fewer chemicals
- Harvest & clean produce & donate fruit & vegetables as soon as possible after picking
- Pack fruits & vegetables in clean, unsealed bags, boxes or containers
- Deliver harvested produce to the Arlington Food Bank any Monday-Friday between 9 am – 12pm or Monday or Wednesday evenings
Improving our Community’s Health
- Gardeners Sharing Abundance is committed to improving the nutritional quality of the food offered at the Arlington Food Bank. Join us and we will:
- Guide you to the kind of crops most in need
- Provide sources for seeds & starts for varieties that grow well in our area
- Offer advice on watering, the growing season for various plants, and how to deal with pests & diseases
- Give ideas for cleaning & storing fruits & vegetables to maintain nutritional value
A Sunnier Future
With a little extra effort, our neighbors can eat fresh vegetables with the knowledge others in their community recognize their needs and care enough to supply this simple gift.
To Volunteer:
8-10 AM Tuesday & Fridays
Andrews Hay
4303 WA 530
Arlington WA 98223
To register and join us or to volunteer in our community garden or for more information, email us at [email protected]