Community Garden near
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Big Mama's Safe House, Gardopia, SACADA, and the City of San Antonio have come together to revive the Woodard Community Garden. This collaboration has a multitude of benefits for our community.
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The Covenant Food Pantry provides direct help to people requesting assistance at the church. Reusable grocery bags are packed with nonperishable items and are kept on hand for distribution.
Monetary donations to the Food Pantry and donations of nonperishable items are welcome.
Click here for a list of items we need.
Also, we have a dedicated group of gardeners who grow fresh fruits and vegetables on the church grounds to help supplement the Food Pantry. If you are interested in volunteering in the Community Garden, let the church office know.
The Eastside Sprout Community Garden offers fresh produce, gardening education, and a safe community space to gather.
All of the produce grown here is free, and you're welcome to pick anytime. We simply ask that visitors respect the space and leave enough produce to share with others who visit.
What's growing depends on the season! We try to plant a variety of things that we think people will like to eat. Please let us know if you have any requests.
There are plenty of other ways to enjoy the garden:
- Host an event or meeting.
- Have lunch under the heritage oak tree.
- Share your photos and tag us on social media.
- Share a favorite recipe or memory.
- Play with the cats.
Come grow with us!
We welcome gardeners of all skill levels!
Not really into gardening? There are many other ways to support this community space. We need volunteers with experience or interest in marketing, communications, fundraising, "handyperson" tasks, and more!
With a goal of increasing the financial stability of working individuals and families in poor and aid persecuted Christians, is a community garden used as a resource to not only augment the Food Pantry, but as a teaching tool for students enrolled in the After School and Summer Youth Program.
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Monday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
Tuesday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
Wednesday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
Thursday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
Friday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
Saturday: CLOSED |
Sunday: CLOSED |
CIELO Garden at House of Prayer is a community based partnership involving volunteers, educators and members of San Antonio's resettled refugee community. The gardens are located at House of Prayer Lutheran Church, where the congregation has opened their doors for adult education courses and social services to provide for San Antonio's nearby refugee community through Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement Agency and Northside ISD Adult Education Program.
The gardens are a Green Spaces Alliance affiliated community garden that provides for students to have access to their own garden plots, as well as used in conjunction with their English literacy courses. These gardens are purely volunteer operated and funded by donations, a Green Spaces grant, and through the financial support our garden volunteers, families, and friends.
This began as a community garden tended by Refugees mainly and continues to work with refugees. If you are interested in a plot or volunteering in the garden please call Jennifer Alaniz at the House of Prayer Lutheran Church church office.
The International Community Garden is located at the south edge of our campus, adjacent to the youth building. We have 58 plots of land, which are leased to refugee families who live in nearby apartment complexes. These plots allow individuals a place to grow food and give them the opportunity for meaningful labor and fellowship.
Call church office for information.
Fees vary.
Promoting Wellness In Our Community Through Sustainable Urban Farming.
Clubhouse Grows is San Antonio Clubhouse's On-Site Hydroponic Farm Unit. Our unit produces dozens of pounds of fresh vegetables every month, which are shared by clubhouse members (via the community kitchen and weekly produce boxes) and the broader San Antonio community (via non-profit partners and local mutual aid projects).
Click here for more information.
Click here to sign up for our Weekly Produce Drop.
We are looking to make partnerships with local San Antonio restaurants to sell our produce.
If you are a restaurant interested in partnership, please contact us at [email protected].
Monday: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM |
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM |
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM |
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM |
Friday: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM |
Saturday: CLOSED |
Sunday: CLOSED |
Guadalupe Community Center provides immediate help to address food insecurity, reduce poverty, and prevent homelessness.
Monday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
Tuesday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
Wednesday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
Thursday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
Friday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
Saturday: CLOSED |
Sunday: CLOSED |
Time Dollar is committed to providing food that is healthy and nutritious based on availability. Boxes or bags are prepared to include food from each food group. We try to make it as nutritious as possible. We include fresh herbs and vegetables from our Jardín de la Esperanza community garden.
Through our partnership with the Yard Farmers and Ranchers Market, we are also able to include fresh locally grown and organic vegetables, herbs, artisanal breads, free-range eggs, artisanal cheese, condiments, and
sometimes pork or beef. All food items are based on availability. The food pantry is open to all residents of Bexar County once per month who meet income guidelines.
Through our Garden Program, we include a spring and fall series titled “Gardening and Sustainable Living Classes.” We teach Square Foot Gardening to those who come to our Time Dollar Community Table food pantry. People learn to use a simple square-foot gardening technique, which uses 20% of the space, 20% of the water, and 20% of the work but still produces 100% of the harvest. This garden-to-table process provides nutritious, chemical-free vegetables and herbs.
Ground-level or tabletop garden frames are provided. Class series include techniques in planting, herbs & companion planting, household use of herbs, composting, water saving, organic pest control, saving seeds, nutrition, healthy cooking, diabetes management through food, sustainable cooking & refrigeration, canning, and use of traditional medicinal plants for healing. Garden-to-table eating is promoted throughout our classes for health.
Our program is unique in that we provide descriptions of unusual vegetables along with storage, cooking instructions, and recipes. We also provide cooking demos and their respective recipes so our guests can taste these types of vegetables. We provide nutrition classes focusing on diabetes, healthy eating, and using vegetables from your garden.
KJ/Lisa Community Gardens is a program of the Brauner Foundation Inc., a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.
We are looking to support new and already existing vegetable-based gardens. It is suggested that the garden sites should start or be around 6 ft. x 9 ft. Consider the size of the crops you are interested in growing, as well as how much time you are willing to devote to the upkeep of your garden.
This project offers small grants that support community vegetable gardens. By supporting small vegetable gardens, we could help promote healthy living throughout our communities.
If you are starting or maintaining a garden, write a detailed proposal, timeline, and budget for your garden and submit it to [email protected] for grant consideration. Please allow 2-3 weeks for us to get back to you.
The YWCA Olga Madrid Center is a multi-purpose center that is the literal hub of the community, reaching multiple generations in the same families. The Center reflects the community's culture and offers essential services with dignity and respect.
Monday: 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
Tuesday: 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
Wednesday: 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
Thursday: 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
Friday: 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
Saturday: CLOSED |
Sunday: CLOSED |
Visit Herff Farm to connect to the past, present, and future of living in harmony with the land.
Herff Farm is a gathering place offering public events, community gardens, a Farmers Marke,t and hiking opportunities. It also serves as a natural laboratory for sustainable modern living, where children and adults learn how to protect our precious natural resources.
Historically significant and protecting an irreplaceable freshwater source, the Herff Farm is a vibrant hub providing children's access to outdoor learning and a model for land stewardship for the greater community.
Cultivar is an initiative led by HCMH and is an extension of the Risk Buster healthy living program. Risk Buster focuses on preventing and improving client health, whereas Cultivar focuses on education and making good food choices.
Cultivar teaches clients how to grow and prepare organically grown foods in the garden. Cultivar is designed to reach across socioeconomic and age barriers to help both young and old experience the enjoyment of organic gardening.
Produce from the garden will be distributed to Hill Country Mission for Health clients and will supplement monthly food distribution at Hill Country Family Services.
If you are interested in participating in this community initiative, please call Hill Country Mission for Health at 830-249-0130 for more information.