Category archives: News

The Alliance was thrilled to represent Miller Heritage Community Garden at the Western Heights Fall Bazaar on October 8, 2026! Hosted at the Western Heights Baptist Center, the event featured family-friendly activities, including a bounce house, trunk-or-treat, and pumpkin and costume giveaways. Visitors of all ages stopped by our table…

One of the most special things about the Miller Heritage Community Garden at 1311 Jourolman Avenue is its proximity to the Western Heights Baptist Center (WHBC), a long-standing community resource that has provided relief and support to those in need throughout the neighborhood. Because the Miller Garden is just steps…

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…

Another successful MEDLIFE Volunteer Day in the Gardens Once again, MEDLIFE  provided the  Alliance with a volunteer day at Brown Community Garden! Because of the garden’s large growing area, there is a continual need for volunteer workers to suppress the weeds around the garden beds. One of the ways this…

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…