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Step 1
Plant a Row For The Hungry. Contact your local shelter or soup kitchen to see what type of produce they need most. Then simply plant an extra row in your garden. Get others involved in planting different crops to donate to the shelter or directly to needy families. Contact your local paper or send a letter to the editor challenging other gardeners to do the same.
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Step 2
Visit your local farmers' market. Pick up a few of your favorite fruits, vegetables, or herbs. Talk to the sellers, they have a wealth of information on how to prepare the produce they sell.
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Step 3
Organize or participate in a neighborhood, street, community, or city beautification day. Pick up trash, plant flowers, and spread mulch around prominent buildings or landmarks.
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Step 4
Organize a plant swap. Invite gardening friends to swap seeds, divisions, or cuttings. Have everyone bring a few extra and invite some gardener want-to-be's.
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Step 5
Celebrate other important "green" holidays. Earth Day is April 22nd and National Arbor Day is April 26th.
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Step 6
Share the bounty of your garden with a neighbor, relative, friend, or family in need.
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Step 7
Deliver houseplants or flowers to a nursing home, hospital, or hospice center.
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Step 8
Do a gardening project with a child. Click on the links in the Resource section below for some great, kid-friendly garden projects.
Comments
dlcass said
on 2/18/2009 Our garden is still covered in snow in April : ( But hubby has our wonderful little seeds growing strong for the day we can set them out, in MAY.