Stanton Court Garden
Welcome to our first Reap More blog. This has been a tremendous past 6 months and what started out as a bit of an experiment has started something that looks set to impact the lives of many people in very different ways. We established 4 gardens this year, involved friends, families and as many interested folks as possible and the results were just amazing.
The gardens provided recreation, exercise, aesthetics, community achievement and pride, education, fellowship, ecotherapy and of course vegetables, fruits and flowers to enrich the lives of those involved and many people at the food charities that received over 7,500 pounds of fresh, natural and nutritious produce. It really doesn’t get much better!
So where do we go from here? Well, we have ambitious plans and would like to see this project spread to new areas and new communities; involving more people, feeding more people and giving back in all the ways you can imagine. Its too early to say how many gardens we’ll have in 2011, but we hope to add at least another 10. Our plans are greatly dependent on our fundraising success, and this is a priority for us. As a priority, we are seeking to raise sufficient funds to recruit an executive director and to sustain operations through 2011 until our major fundraising activity and program roll out gets underway.
This is one of the first opportunities I have had to say a huge ‘Thank You’ to all our sponsors, donors, helpers, participants, gardeners and everyone who has made all this possible with their efforts. You should be proud at your achievements. Well done and please keep sowing.
Andrew Hebard
Co-Founder of Reap More Than You Sow
