Green Team Community Garden
The MUMC Green Team has developed a community garden on our Church property.
During the 2017 growing season we started with four demonstration gardens. The focus was on education and awareness programs that gave us time for major site preparation, fencing and storage shed construction. We installed two elevated (wheelchair accessible) gardens and two 4’ X 8’ raised beds on the west end of the parking lot. These gardens were purchased from the Victory Garden Initiative organization and used as demonstration gardens.
In 2018 we built five 14' by 14' raised bed plots the are now available for planting. The funds to build the beds were donated by the Mequon-Thiensville Sunrise Rotary Club. Congregation members have successfully grown lettuce, radishes, carrots, peppers, zucchini, pumpkins, cucumbers and beets in the gardens this year.
In 2019 our community garden really took shape! We had 10
active plots that produced more than 100 pounds of produce.
Our crops went to our local food pantries, church members and
neighbors.
Our goal for next year is to add 8 more plots and involve more of
our neighbors while producing more than 500 pounds of produce.
The MUMC Community Gardens has partnered with Victory
Garden Initiative, Mequon-Thiensville Sunrise Rotary Club,
Ozaukee Master Gardeners, Ozaukee County Extension,
First United Methodist Church of Hartford and the West Bend
Community Gardens for all environmental policies and space rental agreements. Copies of the agreements and
soil testing results are available in the MUMC church office.
If you are interested in a plot please complete this application and return it to the church office - Click Here
MUMC Community Garden Report - Click Here
active plots that produced more than 100 pounds of produce.
Our crops went to our local food pantries, church members and
neighbors.
Our goal for next year is to add 8 more plots and involve more of
our neighbors while producing more than 500 pounds of produce.
The MUMC Community Gardens has partnered with Victory
Garden Initiative, Mequon-Thiensville Sunrise Rotary Club,
Ozaukee Master Gardeners, Ozaukee County Extension,
First United Methodist Church of Hartford and the West Bend
Community Gardens for all environmental policies and space rental agreements. Copies of the agreements and
soil testing results are available in the MUMC church office.
If you are interested in a plot please complete this application and return it to the church office - Click Here
MUMC Community Garden Report - Click Here
- USDA Community Garden Resources - Click Here
- Ozaukee Master Gardeners - Click Here
- The Wisconsin Gardener - PBS Wisconsin - Click Here
- Square Foot Gardening Foundation - Click Here
