Author archives: mrgarden1

From Playground to Produce: September Membership Meeting at Bearden United Methodist Church Community Garden Alliance members gathered this month at the Bearden United Methodist Church Community Garden, where Leigh Cheek led the group through a space that was a church playground less than two years ago.  In April, Leigh met…

On Friday, September 18th, the Alliance hosted our first-ever dinner at the Brown Community Garden! Garden bed adopters and their families joined Alliance staff and board members for an evening of good food, good company, and community. An incredible meal was catered by Silver Queen Kitchen, thanks to our friends…

Cultivating Young Mind’s at Inskip Learning Garden  For August’s Knox County Community Gardens and Growers’ Alliance’s membership meeting, members gathered at the Inskip Elementary Learning Garden, led by the Alliance’s Youth Garden Education Program’s (YGEP) Directors, Erica Lisowe and Nick Thompson. The Inskip Learning Garden is the largest youth garden…

On March 16, 2026, Robbie Cook contacted the Knox County Community Gardens and Growers Alliance, on behalf of Central Baptist Church of Fountain City and nine other churches forming the Fountain City Community Garden Ministry, seeking help in launching a community garden. Five months later on the morning of Saturday,…

Alliance Members Gather at the Brown Community Garden to Celebrate Growth, Community and Stewardship The Knox County Community Gardens and Growers’ Alliance held its regular monthly membership meeting for July at the Pastor Richard S. Brown Jr. Community Garden, located at Payne Avenue Missionary Baptist Church, 2723 Louise Avenue, in…

Knox County Community Gardens and Growers Alliance members got an up-close look at two programs quietly combating food insecurity on Pellissippi State Community College’s Hardin Valley campus, a campus garden and a multi-site food pantry that have been operating since 2016. At the Alliance’s June monthly membership meeting, held at…