Community Garden Tools & Supplies
Fresh food for 200 families in a food desert
The West Side hasn't had a grocery store in four years. When the last one closed, our neighborhood of 800+ families was left with corner stores and fast food. Fresh produce? A 45-minute bus ride away.
We're changing that, one raised bed at a time.
The West Side Garden Coalition secured a donated vacant lot and the city's blessing to turn it into a community garden. We have 60 volunteers ready to dig in — literally. What we don't have is the tools and materials to get started.
Our plan: - 40 raised garden beds with soil and compost - Basic tools (shovels, rakes, hoes, wheelbarrows) - Drip irrigation system (water-efficient) - Seeds and starter plants for our first season - A small tool shed for secure storage
We're growing tomatoes, peppers, greens, squash, herbs, and beans — the staples that are hardest to find in our neighborhood. Every family that volunteers gets a share of the harvest. Anything extra goes to the food pantry two blocks over.
This isn't just about vegetables. It's about neighbors working side by side, kids learning where food comes from, and a community deciding that a vacant lot can become something beautiful.
Impact Updates
2 days agoLatest
Soil Delivered, Beds Going Up This Weekend!
$720 in action
The community garden is becoming real. We had 12 cubic yards of organic soil delivered on Saturday, and 25 volunteers showed up to start building raised beds. People brought their kids. Someone brought a speaker and played music. Mrs. Patterson from down the block brought enough tamales for everyone.
We've built 15 of our planned 40 beds so far. The irrigation system parts are ordered and should arrive next week.
With $720 raised of our $800 goal, we're almost there. Just need a little more for the tool shed and the last batch of seeds.
This garden is already growing something more important than vegetables — it's growing a neighborhood that believes in itself again.
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