All Community Gardens coming under the Reap More Than You Sow program will be required to comply with a few but important Codes of Practice.  This is to ensure that the vision and mission of the project is upheld, and that consistent high quality is maintained across all gardens within the project.

1)  Each garden will have a Captain (or Co-Captains) who will be responsible for the overall day-to-day oversight of the gardens and will have certain discretions as to how to manage the garden.

2) Captains will be overseen by the Garden Coordinator who will visit gardens, communicate with Captains and be available for questions/comments/concerns.

3) Captains will request resources (money, equipment, materials) via the Garden Coordinator.

4) Each garden will be worked, maintained and managed by Garden Teams.  the size of the team needs to be one team member per 1,000 square foot.

5) Garden Teams must be comprised of members from the local community with a target of at least 1/3 youth.  Social and cultural diversity is strongly encouraged.

6) This is a not-for-profit organization and therefore the selling of produce or any other activity or material for financial gain is strictly prohibited.

7) All gardens are required to follow “best horticultural practices” to make sure the gardens are productive, educational and aesthetically pleasing.

8) Each garden is required to contribute at least 1/4 of its produce to local and approved food charities (such as Food Bank and Crisis Control Ministry).

9) Each garden will have a sign displayed stating  Reap More Than You Sow and the garden number, which will be assigned by the organization.

Reap More Than You Can Sow is recruiting volunteer gardeners and captains for new and existing gardens.  If you are interested in participating or would just like to find out more information, send an email to  info@reapmore.org.

RMTYS Jonestown Rd. Friends Community Garden

Vertical gardening is highly encouraged in our Reap More Than You Sow community gardens as it saves space and water.  Pollinators are easily attracted to the plants and less mold and fungi diseases are prevalent.  Community gardens are also made more beautiful with a variety of structures and plant heights.

Summer crops now being planted are cucumbers, yellow squash, tomatoes, bell peppers, chili peppers, zucchini, eggplant, lima beans, snap beans, corn, herbs, and a variety of flowers.

RMTYS Pinedale Christian Church Garden

Welcome to our  Reap More Than You Sow blog. This has been a tremendous past 26 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 in 2010, 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 several thousand pounds of fresh, natural and nutritious produce. It really doesn’t get much better!

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. We had 14 community gardens in 2011, but we hope to add at least another 6 to 8 gardens in 2012.  These 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 2012 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