The garden is a Memorial Garden, a garden of benevolence, a garden of love. It is a gift to our community from the God of Love, Jesus the Christ. The first “seeds” for our garden have come from members of the congregation and a designation from the congregation’s memorial funds. These seeds have brought us to the beginning of a journey that will last for many years. Guided by the Holy Spirit we will plow forth until row upon row of our work is accomplished and our community is better nourished. The Lord invites you all to be part of His work on earth strengthening and feeding His children. The garden is made possible by generous donations from the community, and grants from the ELCA Domestic Hunger Grants, the Alaska Food Policy Council through the Municipality of Anchorage, the Alaska Women's Giving Circle, The Alaska Master Gardeners of Anchorage, the generous support by the congregation of Lutheran Church of Hope, and support from the Alaska Synod of the ELCA.

Food from the garden in 2019 was sent to Lutheran Social Services Food Pantry, the Tudor Road Gospel Rescue Mission, and to Bean's Cafe.

Saturday, January 25, 2020

Thanks for 2019

July in the Garden
It seems I've been very neglectful over the past year. I haven't done a post in some time. I hopefully will remedy that in the near future.

The harvest for 2019 was a new record. There was almost 4150 pounds given to Lutheran Sccial Services (LSSA) Food Pantry, Bean's Cafe, and the Tudor Road Gospel Rescue Mission in 2019. The bulk went to LSSA.

2 Volunteers
The harvest included more than 800 pounds of potatoes and more than 800 pounds of zucchini. There was nearly 550 pounds of turnips. The carrots and cabbage were nearly nearly 500 pounds each. There were nearly 200 pounds of apples and more than 100 pounds of peas. The rest was filled out by harvest of many other crops.
Gang of Volunteers

I wish to thank all of the volunteers that have worked in the garden. In 2019 there were more than 50 people that spent anywhere from an hour to countless hours planting, weeding, and harvesting. The work could not have been done without them.



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