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

To Market, To Market

We have secured a great locale to sell our produce! Mr. S said someone suggested using his church's (Milford Mennonite) extra lot as a local place to market our soon to be delicious veggies. Great idea!

It's important to our program to keep everything as local as we can. The kids working in the garden will be mainly from the Lincoln area, so we hope to entice some of our eastern neighbors out as well, to take a look at what Milford Gardens has to offer.

Be looking for the signs as it gets nearer to harvest time!
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