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Gardening Matters <br />Promoting and Preserving Communiry Gardening across Ihe Twin Gties <br />Faith-Based Community Gardens <br />(Workshop at the Resource Fair, March 27, 2010) <br />1. What are the unique assets that congregations have to offer faith <br />based community gardens? <br />v Land <br />v Water <br />� Kitchen, tables <br />v Pool of volunteers <br />v All generations, different ages <br />2. What are the opportunities for congregations to benefit from <br />organizing or sponsoring a community garden? <br />♦ Opportunity to meet new people <br />♦ Can benefit local schoois with classes or projects <br />♦ Love outside the walls <br />♦ Utilize youth in the neighborhood, educate <br />♦ Physical aspect of spiritual growth <br />3. What are your best ideas for people starting or growing their faith- <br />based community garden? <br />� Be intentional with intergenerational outreach <br />� Grow extra food for a local food shelf <br />� "Share the Bounty" activity <br />1 Host a harvest festival <br />1 Turn a bad situation into POSITIVE! <br />� Money to food shelf <br />Final discussion notes from the Faith-Based Community Gardens workshop on March 27, 2010. Facilitators: <br />Harriet Oyera, Redeemer Community Garden; and Rachel Hefte, U of M Extension, Hennepin County. <br />GardenWorks is now Gardening Macters! <br />PO Box 580496. Minneapolis, MN 55458 <br />info@gardeningmatters.org www.gardeningmatters.org 612-492-8964 <br />