Thanks to the generosity of local community gardens, many food insecure families in Hamilton County are able to enjoy fresh, healthy produce.  The following partnerships currently exist:

Carmel Clay Schools Plots to Plates Community Garden:  Merciful HELP Center; Carmel United Methodist Church Food Pantry

Fishers Rotary Community Garden:  Delaware Township Trustee's Office Food Pantry

Gapinski Family Growing Center (Maple Glen Elementary School):  Open Doors of Washington Township; Merciful HELP Center 

The Gleaning Garden:  Carmel United Methodist Church Food Pantry

Guerin Garden Ministry:  Merciful HELP Center; Shepherd's Gate Food Pantry; St. Vincent de Paul; O'Conner House

Hamilton County Master Gardeners:  St. Vincent de Paul

Lazarus Community Garden at Christ the Savior Lutheran Church:  Delaware Township Trustee's Office Food Pantry

Noblesville West Middle School Garden:  Third Phase

The Plant a Row Garden:  Open Doors of Westfield

Project Eden Gardens:  Grace Care Center

St. Christopher's Crops:  Merciful HELP Center; Carmel Friends Church; Carmel United Methodist Church Food Pantry; St. Louis de Montfort; St. Vincent de Paul; Third Phase

St. Michael's Episcopal Church:  St. Vincent de Paul

Teter Organic Farm:  Come to Me Food Pantry; Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank; Open Arms Food Pantry; Dinner's On Us weekly community meal at Noblesville First United Methodist Church

If your community garden would like to partner with a food pantry, contact us at (317) 773-2181 and we can help match you!  Or, if your garden's plot holders would like to drop off produce directly to a food pantry, click here for a list of pantries that accept produce donations from the public and will distribute them to families in need.

Need recipe ideas for your garden's produce?  How about preparation and storage tips?  Click here to check out the resources we have our the Urban Ag page of the SWCD website.