Longevity Matters Stewardship Matters Relationships Matter Partnerships Matter Forty years ago in 1980 the Civic Garden Center started the Community Gardens program at the Over The Rhine People’s Garden. Today that garden is still thriving and growing food for those in need and providing an opportunity for the neighbors to grow food for themselves. Longevity
Hello from Over-the-Rhine People's Garden located in the inner city of Cincinnati, Ohio! It’s our 7th year with Grow Appalachia and we are off to an interesting start as we garden our way through a pandemic. More than ever before, I feel certain that learning how to grow food is an essential life skill. Because of
Cincinnati, OH --- Winter is a time for celebrating! So far this winter Over-the-Rhine People's Garden has had many cold nights and a few bouts of light snow. The garden beds, with season extension, are doing great. The snow didn't seem to bother the covered beds of broccoli, greens and cabbages at all either. We
Peace from Cincinnati, Ohio! Autumn is in full swing in the inner city community garden, Over-the-Rhine People’s Garden. What makes it feel so much like fall, at least for me, is the Three-Sisters garden newly planted this year. Gardeners Jill and Kendra planted a true three-sisters garden filled with just the right ingredients—corn, squash and beans.
Peace from Over-the-Rhine - Cincinnati, Ohio! The summer days have been long and hot. The rain has been MIA for weeks, and yet, we are still smiling. Over-the-Rhine People’s Garden has been busy this summer providing free classes focusing on how to grow your own food, how to prepare and cook your own harvest,
Hello Grow Appalachia followers! Cincinnati, Ohio-- Summer is heating up and the garden is producing so much food! I am cooking with produce from the garden for breakfast, lunch and dinner--it's amazing! For breakfast, try adding greens to a fresh smoothie, potato hash, or your scrambled eggs, or all three! Lunch these days is usually
Hello Grow Appalachia friends and followers! Spring is in full gear and we are busy bees here in Grow Appalachia's urban partner site, Over-the-Rhine People's Garden. The new Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati's pilot program, Hub Gardens, is off to a great start in Over-the-Rhine People's Garden (OTRPG)! A Hub Garden is a Community
Happy Spring! April has been a good month for Over-the-Rhine People's Garden. We are well into spring and the garden is filling up with shades of green from the plants started under lights in our homes back in February. Our garden provides a menu of flowers, herbs, and food that changes with the season. The
Peace from Cincinnati, March is full of gardening madness! Madness meaning, turning the soil, spreading seeds, hardening-off plants, and getting vegetable and flower plugs into the ground. Mother Nature provided a bit of weather madness too. Like tornado sirens, highs in the 70's and lows in the 20's. But the madness has been a good
Hello friends! Most of February in Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine People's Garden has been bitterly cold. But on a few rare occasions, Mother Nature provided balmy days that gardeners took full advantage of. Season extension over a few of the raised garden beds have been great against the cold. Garden Club with the Wesley Chapel youth
