Plant a Row Program
Help us help local families that are struggling by
doing something fun and easy, that will make a difference. Plant a nice
veggie garden for your family and donate a small portion of your harvest
to our network of drop-off centers. Many garden centers will be
participating as a source for veggie plants as well as growing
knowledge. They are committed to helping you grow a bountiful harvest
and to act as a drop-off point in late summer when the product is ripe.
We will be updating this page throughout the summer and list the
participating garden centers as well as the food banks that will be
receiving the harvest. There will be a few drop off weekends scheduled
so you can donate different types of produce as it ripens- some veggies
are ripe in mid-summer and others take more time. This is our first year
for this project; we want to build our network of growers (you the home
owner) and garden centers each year so the net result is a meaningful
difference in many people’s lives.
So put your gardening gloves on and get outside. It is easy and it will
provide you with a wonderful family project. Please support the local
independent garden centers that are listed on our “Distributor” page.
They are all family owned and are a vital part of the community.
Click Here for more information on participating garden centers.
or visit the official Plant a Row
website at
www.gardenwriters.org
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Early April Progress Report
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The ball is
now rolling and gaining speed- and I don't mean a snowball.
The response from our customers has been fantastic so the
network is taking shape and I am sure that in the next 4 to 6
weeks it will grow larger. We do have a few food banks that have
been identified and they will be mentioned in the next progress
report update.
The dates
aren't yet known and aren't really important this far in advance
but the three "harvest weekends" will be most likely in mid &
late summer and early fall. That way we can harvest different
veggies as they ripen and give the food banks a nice variety of
produce.
We ask that you highlight Plant a
Row when possible, like in staff training meetings, customer
newsletters, press releases, an article being done on your
business or reproduce/create a nice Plant a Row piece from our
media library or pull it from our web site and have it on
display around your veggie plants to pique interest.
There will be
a coordinated media campaign around the time of the harvest as
well as to kick off the Plant a Row program. Urban Organics is
contributing resources to get the network pulled together and if everyone does a little bit, it will take off
and grow like a bean stalk. I do ask everyone to
highlight this program in your staff training sessions, your
customer newsletters and any other press release or articles
that are being some on your business. This program draws a lot
of interest for obvious reasons so if everyone does their part to give
the ball a nudge, it will get bigger faster which means that
more people get fed.
Thanks,
Mark
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Plant a Row
Participating Stores
The
following is a list of garden centers that have offered to be designated
as drop-off locations for the three fall harvest weekends. They are also
supplying a wide variety of veggie plants and growing knowledge and of
course some Sweet Peet to make the veggies thrive. For the shopper who
is visiting our site to learn what Plant a Row is all about, please shop
at these garden centers for your veggie garden supplies.
Click our distributor page
for these stores
addresses and web site information
Battaglia's
Battagllia's B&T
Blooming Acres (Hudson & Wadsworth)
Breezewood Gardens
Copley Feed
Dayton Nursery
Deans
Dills
Eaglecreek
Gardenscapes by Joanna
Graf
Growers
Mr.
Mulch
Nature's Bin
Royalton Supply Landscape
Suncrest
Gardens
These fine garden centers give us a wide geographic reach throughout NE
Ohio and even into Columbus. If you know of an urban garden or a
neighborhood group that is planning a garden, please have then
participate and support these business which are supporting
Plant a Row
for the Hungry.
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