Catholic Telegraph article (click image)
Plot applications are typically accepted after the official end of the season in mid November with plot assignments being made in late February of the following spring.
To apply for a plot or to volunteer, please contact us for more information:
Marci Peebles, Director
mpeebles@FranciscanMinistriesInc.org
Garden aerial view - August, 2018
Cincinnati.com - Enquirer(click image)
In the shadow of a Cincinnati convent,
new American lives are taking root
Editor's note:
This is an edited excerpt from The Long, Hard Road: Part 2, an Enquirer special project on Cincinnati.com. Full segment available here.
Making use of the large green space next to St Clare Convent, Franciscan Ministries offers growing space for community gardeners.
The Garden not only provides individuals a place to cultivate vegetables and flowers, but also gives back to the community through donations of produce.
The Garden is host to over 105 gardeners. Many are recent immigrants and refugees from Bhutan and Nepal.
Gardeners rent space for a nominal fee and work together on community plots that provide produce for donation.
Since 2009, the Garden has donated over 12,000 pounds of produce to local non-profits and social service agencies.
Community Garden
Letter to
the Editor:
Here's a great recipe to
impact communities
Cincinnati Enquirer(click image)
WKRC-Cincinnati story (click image)
WCPO-Cincinnati story (click image)
Community gardens
helping to
feed the poor
and elderly
Body & Soul: Franciscan garden plots feed faith and community
Community
gardens bring neighborhoods together - and provide for
those in need.