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HISTORY

CHANGING OUR COMMUNITY

Our Giving Garden is a volunteer-based, nonprofit community farm
and education space committed to interrupting poverty in the metro-

Atlanta community through fresh produce donation, adult and youth
education resources, camps and housing to families in crisis through

Our Giving House program. The garden is located on three (3) acres
in Mableton, Georgia and serves community members through
partnerships with local food pantries, Family Promise, and other small

businesses. This garden was established in October 2016 with just a
handful of volunteers working the land behind a local church. We

celebrated our 1 year anniversary with incorporating as The Giving
Gardens, Inc. and have grown to have a strong network of volunteers,
1 full time staff member, regular education and camp programming, an
The Future of the Garden
educational animal program and maintaining a house on the property
to shelter families in crisis. Since then, The Giving Garden has While the Garden continues to donate fresh produce and eggs to those in need, it is expanding its

donated over 6000 lbs of organic produce and 6300 eggs to the mission to the interruption of poverty as a whole - not just the interruption of hunger. We are part of the
Sweetwater Mission food pantry and housed over 15 people in need World-Wide Organization of Organic Farmers (WWOOF), and have hosted WWOOFers from all over
through Our Giving House in partnership with Family Promise. the country, and even a family from New Zealand. WWOOF is an educational and cultural exchange

program, where those visiting can learn practical farming skills, be part of the organic agriculture
In addition to the Sweetwater Mission, the garden has also been
movement, and experience the heart of American agrarian culture. We were selected Fall 2018 to be
responsible for gathering donations such as other food items, books,
part of the American Community Garden Association National Conference Garden Tour.
and coats for families in need across the community.

Also in Fall 2018, we were been awarded a grant from the Whole Kids Foundation for education on
bee keeping and another from Wellstar Hospital for an outdoor Children’s Learning Farm to Table Eco
All Proceeds Are Used For Maintaining The Giving Garden Itself, Or
To Be Used For Providing Donations To Those In Need Within Our play house. We have all of this going on and we are 100% volunteer run. We are a grassroots
Community. organization with no staff. We have accomplished all this with unpaid volunteers from the surrounding
community, and we have only been around for a little more than 2 years!