Adventures in Gardening: If You Plant It, They Will Come

Welcome to Milford Gardens!

Milford Gardens is a nature-oriented
program designed to teach youth about ownership, stewardship and
teamwork while helping them deal effectively with stress and
attachment issues.

Located on a one acre plot of land just west of Milford, youth will plant, grow and harvest the garden as well as manage the selling, consuming and giving of all garden produce. Families of the youth in our program and members of the community will also share in the garden harvest.
Built around Garden Based Learning, this field therapy program provides relevant work-integrated and community service activities for youth.
We believe that supporting personal growth and fostering each person's God-given abilities can have a huge, long-term impact on the lives of children, their families, and the communities in which they live.

Our ultimate goal is for Milford Gardens to be self-sustaining and earn a profit from the sale of the extra produce. Income from sold goods will go toward the operational cost of the garden as well as a scholarship fund for post-secondary education.
We invite you to join us on the adventures we will have this summer!

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

If You Plant It, They Will Come

Exciting news!

We have 3 groups of kids lined up to work in the garden for the whole summer. They'll be getting out of school at the end of next week and will be ready to help. Mr. G (my amazing hubby) is in charge of this and will be setting up a work schedule.

How about you?

Would you like to help?

Do you know any groups of kids (or adults) that would benefit from tending to their own garden?

Would you like to donate supplies or money to the project?

Let us know!

You can contact me at milfordgardens@windstream.net.

And now I'm going to show off my own little helpers!