05/14/2026
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ!
In early February, the Portland Parks & Recreation's Community Gardens Department arranged for the Friends of Portland Community Gardens (Friends) to grow starts in the Horticulture greenhouse. This was a wonderful gift for the Produce for People (PFP) program!
During the next 3 months, a volunteer team composed of Friends, PFP volunteers, and community gardeners grew starts to give to all of Portland's PFP gardens.
Rain or shine, our group met twice a week to plant, transplant and water our starts. We learned a lot about growing vegetables from seeds, enjoyed each other's company and LOVED the experience!
We could not have done all of this without the help of the following volunteers:
Cheryl Baxla, Tess Beistel, Melanie Chu, Marianne Dickinson, Lucinda Eshleman, Ellen Gehringer, Hannah Hudson, Irma Kochlavashvili, Judy Koonce, Katherine Salzmann, Carol Tompkins and Jeff Wright.
Special thanks to Shelley Grosjean, who taught us how to sow seeds properly and tend to our starts!
Lastly, thank you to the Portland Parks & Recreation's Horticulture Department for lending us space in your wonderful greenhouse.
This summer, hundreds of Portland families experiencing food insecurity will receive lots of fresh produce!
