Field Notes: If you give a garden love
By A.H. Farm Stipend Participant The garden is a very soothing and healing place to go. Working in the garden is empowering to me. It gives me pleasure, joy, and
By A.H. Farm Stipend Participant The garden is a very soothing and healing place to go. Working in the garden is empowering to me. It gives me pleasure, joy, and
We are so excited to see pipes and sprinkler heads this week! Last summer we spent time digging, and digging, and digging, and digging, and digging a well at Rural
By S.B. Farm Stipend Participant This week was my first week in the garden working so far. When I was a teenager my mother tried to teach me about gardening,
This year we started working with Wallick Communities by starting community gardens on one of their property. Wallick manages rental housing, including apartments for low-income families and seniors based on
By Josh Nadzam Development Specialist Throughout my day at GreenHouse17, I try to take a few breaks to relax and rejuvenate myself before diving back in to the demands of
As many of you will agree: the busiest time of year is here. Planting, harvesting, marketing and meetings galore. This last Saturday, williamson farmer’s market chaos started, and we went
Our Grow Appalachia Teens, Food Commanders, from Rural Resources in East Tennessee went on their first garden tour. They were excited to see the raised beds and use of tires
Late last week while building raised bed gardens and tilling new in-ground garden sites our program received awesome news. We were selected as a finalist to participate in State Farm’s Neighborhood
Last year was our first attempt to grow herbs. We selected basil and grew lots of it not only for our gardeners but we were able to sell some to
By Diane Fleet, Assistant Director GreenHouse17 We have our first value-added products from the farm! Although production of our lip balms and soaps only took a few days, we've been