June 25, 2021 Looking for some free fresh veggies? Check out the Giving Gardens this weekend. Pick some peas or basil at Marvin Garden. Add some zucchini or yellow squash from Summer St. Garden and head over to Ahrens Park garden for more zucchini or kohlrabi. All free! A map to the gardens can be [...]
October 22, 2020 October is We Give month for the Claude W. & Dolly Ahrens Foundation/Ahrens Park Foundation and Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation. The Giving Gardens is a collaborative effort by local organizations aiming to improve the health of Poweshiek County by providing free access to fresh, local produce. Please consider supporting them today! https://ahrensfamilyfoundation.org/giving-gardens/
[ad_1] Our annual Give Back ACES service-worship, a time when we would traditionally gather first in the Sanctuary to kick off worship and then go into the community to service-worship by working in the community through service projects, will look a little different this year! BUT, we are still organizing Give Back on October 18th [...]
[ad_1] The gardens are still growing despite the cooler weather last week. Yellow zucchini and cucumbers at Ahrens Park garden. Stop out and pick anytime. [ad_2] Source
September 24, 2020 Donations to MICA yesterday from Marvin Garden! Thank you Poweshiek County Master Gardeners of Iowa and Imagine Grinnell Foundation for your hard work on Marvin Garden.
July 8, 2020
July 1, 2020 Marvin Garden has a fun addition to help identify plants and herbs! Stop by and see the cute painted rocks. Marvin Garden is located east of Arbor Lake on Marvin Ave.
June 23, 2020 The community garden project that began in 2013 at Grinnell Regional Medical Center has bloomed into 11 Giving Gardens--nine in the city of Grinnell and two in Brooklyn. The Giving Gardens are a collaborative effort of local organizations and individuals to improve the health of Poweshiek County residents by providing access [...]
April 1, 2020 The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) is deploying a comprehensive approach to address food insecurity due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC, will continue for all current, and new or returning WIC participants. IDPH submitted and received approval of [...]
July 25, 2019 The Grinnell Giving Gardens crops are ready for harvest! Stop by the Ahrens Garden for cucumbers, Marvin Garden for strawberries, Davis Elementary, Fairview Elementary, Bailey Park Elementary and UnityPoint Health-GRMC Public Health for garlic, onions, radishes, peas, kale, broccoli, cucumbers, zucchini, summer squash and herbs. Be on the lookout for green [...]
