Volunteer Food Pantry Garden
Volunteer Food Pantry GardenGreenside Out Garden, coordinated by BCF and staffed entirely by volunteers, donates all produce to the Brookline Emergency Food Pantry at St. Paul's Church for distribution to low-income Brookline residents. Greenside Out Garden began in September 2001, when a group of Brookline 7th graders created the garden with a lot of hard work. In April 2002 BCF received a grant from the Brookline GreenSpace Alliance for tools, compost and seeds. Each year from late June through September the garden produces strawberries, lettuce, radishes, tomatoes, beans, carrots, and cucumbers, all of which are donated to the Food Pantry. Volunteers range from students, parents with their children, and seniors, and do everything from planting seeds and seedlings to delivering the harvest to the pantry. |
