Community gardens

helping to

feed the poor

and elderly

Community

gardens bring neighborhoods together - and provide for

those in need.

Letter to

the Editor:

Here's a great recipe to

impact communities

Cincinnati Enquirer(click image)

Body & Soul: Franciscan garden plots feed faith and community

WKRC-Cincinnati story (click image)

WCPO-Cincinnati story (click image)

Cincinnati.com - Enquirer(click image)

In the shadow of a Cincinnati convent,

new American lives are taking root

Editor's note:

This is an edited excerpt from The Long, Hard Road: Part 2, an Enquirer special project on Cincinnati.com.  Full segment available here.

Community Garden

What We Do

Across the Ohio Valley, gardeners from around the world are coming together to grow food, exchange cultures, and broaden understanding.

Edible Ohio Valley(click image)

Catholic Telegraph article (click image)

Our Stories

Plot applications are typically accepted beginning after the official end of the season in mid-November with plot assignments being made in late February of the following spring.

To apply for a plot or to volunteer, please contact us for more information:

Marci Peebles, Director

mpeebles@FranciscanMinistriesInc.org

Garden aerial view - August, 2018

Grow With Us

Making use of the large green space next to St Clare Convent, Franciscan Ministries promotes stewardship of nature and cultivation of the land for the benefit of others.  

Our Community Garden is host to over 120 gardeners from 21 zip codes. Our community is racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse. 
 
The Garden not only provides individuals a place to cultivate vegetables, flowers, and friendships, but it also gives back to the community.

Since 2009, the Garden has donated over 15,500 pounds of produce locally.