The Golden Food Bank grows our own produce in our community garden which provides fresh, local produce to clients. We continually explore ways to promote food security in our community with an emphasis on sourcing local food, enhancing the quality of food distributed and minimizing wastage.
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In April 2016 the Golden Food Bank constructed a series of raised beds at our location in order to grow fresh, local produces for our clients. This garden will also provide useful examples of some gardening 'how to's to help encourage clients and community members to grow their own food.
On April 16th, 45 volunteers gathered at the Food Bank with one common goal: to help build the Food Bank Garden. We started early and finished late! Some volunteers dedicated 12 hours to the project!! By the end of the day, we had constructed and filled most of the 15 raised gardens, built a shed, constructed trellises and attached them to the building and set up our straw bale gardens! The initial Garden Build Day was a success and we thank all of the volunteers who came out to help!
In the weeks since, we've had LOTS of help with the finishing touches and planting. Many community members have donated plants and seed to grow! Thank YOU! We have also installed an irrigations system, rain barrel collection system, compost bins and a veggie wash station! We encourage any community members to stop in to take a look, please be respectful and let us harvest the veggies.
Check out these photos from our Garden Build Day!
On April 16th, 45 volunteers gathered at the Food Bank with one common goal: to help build the Food Bank Garden. We started early and finished late! Some volunteers dedicated 12 hours to the project!! By the end of the day, we had constructed and filled most of the 15 raised gardens, built a shed, constructed trellises and attached them to the building and set up our straw bale gardens! The initial Garden Build Day was a success and we thank all of the volunteers who came out to help!
In the weeks since, we've had LOTS of help with the finishing touches and planting. Many community members have donated plants and seed to grow! Thank YOU! We have also installed an irrigations system, rain barrel collection system, compost bins and a veggie wash station! We encourage any community members to stop in to take a look, please be respectful and let us harvest the veggies.
Check out these photos from our Garden Build Day!
What did we do before?
In years past, in partnership with the Town of Golden, produce was grown at the Ruth Wixon Food Bank Garden for recipients of the food bank. For 9 years the Food Bank used this heritage garden to grow fresh and local produce for distribution in our hampers. This program contributed on average 300 to 500Kg of fresh, locally grown produce depending on the growing season. Check out the photos from the 2014 and 2015 growing seasons!
If you would like to help with gardening and harvesting of our NEW Food Bank Garden please let us know! We are happy to have people out to help with weeding, watering and harvesting. Contact us at the Food Bank for more information.
In years past, in partnership with the Town of Golden, produce was grown at the Ruth Wixon Food Bank Garden for recipients of the food bank. For 9 years the Food Bank used this heritage garden to grow fresh and local produce for distribution in our hampers. This program contributed on average 300 to 500Kg of fresh, locally grown produce depending on the growing season. Check out the photos from the 2014 and 2015 growing seasons!
If you would like to help with gardening and harvesting of our NEW Food Bank Garden please let us know! We are happy to have people out to help with weeding, watering and harvesting. Contact us at the Food Bank for more information.
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Here are some great pics from the garden this year!
