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the project
After the first $500 in donations is raised, an anonymous donor will give an additional $500! Please give today to ensure we hit the $1,000 mark!
Memphis Tilth’s GrowMemphis Garden Program helps communities build gardens to improve access to locally grown food in their neighborhoods. We believe that neighborhoods should be given the opportunity to grow their own food, share knowledge of sustainable growing practices, support urban and rural farmers, and cultivate community.
We currently support over 50 community gardens across 11 Memphis zip codes, and want to continue to build and support gardens for neighborhoods that need them the most.
The GrowMemphis Garden Program provides funding and training for neighborhood residents who want to create and sustain community gardens in their neighborhoods. Gardens eliminate blight, provide fresh, healthy food, create a safe space for community building, and often provide economic opportunity for neighborhoods. Each garden is as unique as the neighborhood in which it is located.
A new GrowMemphis garden receives the tools, supplies, and infrastructure it needs to get started. After receiving funding, each new partner garden goes through our Community Gardening 101 training, which helps new gardeners feel comfortable with organic horticulture. More importantly, this training prepares gardeners to do the community work that makes a community garden successful.
the steps
First, GrowMemphis solicits applications from neighborhood residents who have a garden project idea.
Next, our staff prioritizes applications based on community need and neighborhood leadership.
Once projects are selected, new gardeners go through Community Gardening 101, a training program designed to train new gardeners in organic horticulture and give them the community-based skills they need to run a successful garden or farm. This training also helps gardeners create a successful project design that best meets the needs of their neighborhoods.
After training, GrowMemphis helps new gardeners purchase supplies and infrastructure and works with them to plan a successful ground-breaking celebration.
Finally, partner gardens continue to receive technical assistance, training, seeds, and starter plants to ensure their projects continue to be successful.
why we're doing it
The GrowMemphis Garden Program wants to provide our city with a means to access fresh food, care for their neighborhood, protect their environment, and encourage community collaboration and development. Year round, GrowMemphis receives continuous inquiries about starting gardens in various neighborhoods throughout the city; we want to meet this demand.
Community gardens enable communities to increased access to fresh local food, reduce blight, and beautify an otherwise unoccupied space. Community gardens also pose as a vehicle to initiate larger conversations about food access and affordability, self-reliance and the environment on a neighborhood level.
The overarching goal is to provide more communities with full access to affordable, fresh, locally, and sustainably grown food. We want to create opportunities for everyone to grow their own food, share knowledge of sustainable growing practices, support urban and rural farmers, and cultivate community.
budget
DISBURSEMENT BUDGET (as of 2.18.17):
| RAISED = | $2,436.00 |
| ioby Platform Fee | (WAIVED) $35.00 |
| Payment Processing Fee (3%) | (WAIVED) $69.93 |
| TOTAL TO DISBURSE = | $2,436.00 |
Funds will go toward purchasing enough supplies to build one new garden.
ORIGINAL BUDGET:
| SUBTOTAL = | $5,000 |
| ioby Platform Fee | waived |
| Donation Processing Fee of 3% | waived |
| TOTAL TO RAISE = | $5,000 |
Details on the budget are determined once the garden leader receives funding. An example budget is below:
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Gel Grip Handweeder (5) |
Home Depot |
37.35 |
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Cultivator (2) |
Home Depot |
7.34 |
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5-Tine Forged Manure Fork (1) |
Home Depot |
34.97 |
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Garden Hoe with Serrated Blade (1) |
Home Depot |
15.97 |
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Action Hoe with cushion grip (1) |
Home Depot |
15.97 |
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Bypass Traditional Pruner (5) |
Home Depot |
59.85 |
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24” Poly Leaf Rake (5) |
Home Depot |
32.35 |
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Tumbling Composter with 2 Chambers (1) |
Home Depot |
99.00 |
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5’ Steel Tpost (11) |
Home Depot |
38.06 |
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5’x50’ 14 GA Galv Welded Wire (1) |
Home Depot |
49.96 |
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4 tier white shelving (1) |
Home Depot |
17.98 |
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65ft. Irrigation Kit with Spray head (2) |
Home Depot |
89.98 |
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3-Tine Garden Cultivator (1) |
Home Depot |
19.98 |
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Railroad Pick with Fiberglass Handle (1) |
Home Depot |
40.00 |
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900 lb. Steel Utility Cart (2) |
Home Depot |
218.00 |
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3 in. Softouch Hand Trowel (5) |
Home Depot |
29.85 |
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Time-a-matic Turbo Oscillating Sprinkler (4) |
Home Depot |
135.96 |
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Mid-size Poly Multi Pattern Gun Nozzle (5) |
Home Depot |
14.95 |
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Silage Tarps 40’x 50’ |
Dubois Agrinovation |
221.36 |
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18 gal plastic roughneck tote (4) |
Home Depot |
17.92 |
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10 gal plastic roughneck tote (4) |
Home Depot |
31.88 |
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22” Tool Box with Metal Latches (1) |
Home Depot |
8.97 |
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Persimmon and herb plants |
Urban Earth Nursery |
96.94 |
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Digz Jersey 3pk Women’s Gardening Gloves (8) |
Home Depot |
47.84 |
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ProMix Soil, 10 cubic yards |
The Yard |
200.00 |
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ProMix Soil Delivery |
The Yard |
75.00 |
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Clear Humidity Domes (20) |
Grower’s Supply |
63.00 |
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Harvesting Bag (3) |
Greenhouse Megastore |
68.49 |
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Bone Meal Organic Fertilizer (4) |
Home Depot |
29.92 |
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Blood Meal Organic Fertilizer (4) |
Home Depot |
29.92 |
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3-Ring Tomato Cage (4) |
Home Depot |
10.32 |
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2 cu ft. Cypress Mulch (2) |
Home Depot |
4.74 |
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Kneeling Cushion (3) |
Home Depot |
17.91 |
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Latex Gripper Glove- med (1) |
Home Depot |
3.98 |
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Digz Gardener Gloves - med (3) |
Home Depot |
29.94 |
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Digz Gardener Gloves- L (1) |
Home Depot |
9.98 |
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Pigskin Grain Leather Glove – L (3) |
Home Depot |
32.94 |
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Digz Glove Signature – M (1) |
Home Depot |
9.98 |
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Digz Glove Signature –L (1) |
Home Depot |
9.98 |
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$1978.53 |
updates
photos
This is where photos will go once we build flickr integrationdonors
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Anonymous
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Marsha C.
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Chris B.
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Thistle and Bee Enterprises
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Carole, Robert, & Colin
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Ashle Bailey-Gilreath
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Emily H.
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Amelia Moore
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Betty the Gardener
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Blake
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Suzanne Allen
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AmandaV
