Thanks Mayor Rosen for sharing your backyard harvest with Grow a Row.

Growing up with a fruit and vegetable garden was a large part of Nathan’s life growing up, so starting a small garden in his small enclosed patio he shares with his partner Julia seemed natural.  Among the variety of fruit and vegetables that Nathan cultivated this summer in the small, were eight different variety of heirloom tomatoes, jalepeno and bell peppers, heirloom melons and basil, and a scattering of cabbage, bok choy and a variety of herbs such as basil, thyme and rosemary.  His motivations for donating to Grow a Row was simple: “Fresh food is essential to good health for those who cannot afford to eat.  And when you have a garden, you always have a few extra food items than you can’t use at any given time.  Donating to Grow a Row is an easy way to integrate both into a way to support those in need in our community.”

Thanks to the staff at InterCall for growing a row! They converted some of the flower beds around their building into vegetable plots.  In this photo are staff members Christie (left) and Corliss with some of their harvest.

Hilary Davies has a passion for growing her own food wherever her travels may take her. Most recently she grew a surprising amount of food on her patio garden in Vancouver, including way more kale than any human being should (or could) ever eat! Hilary worked for an environmental not-for-profit in Vancouver focused on community building through gardening and is very proud to say that her legacy included the creation a community garden on the lawn of Vancouver’s City Hall. Hilary dreams of a in-ground  garden of her own, but until then, she grows tomatoes, a variety of herbs, lettuce and edible flowers for donation to Grow a Row on the roof of her second floor apartment in Kingston. Although small compared to some other gardens, Hilary’s belief is that every donation counts and feels proud to be able to donate local, organic and tasty veggies to local food providers in Kingston through Grow a Row.