September 22, 2026 Membership Meeting
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…
First-Ever Dinner in the Brown Community Garden
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…
August 25, 2026 Membership Meeting
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…
Fountain City Churches Break Ground on New Community Garden Ministry to Fight Food Insecurity
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,…
Invasive Clearing Volunteer Day at Miller Heritage Community Garden
The Alliance was excited to welcome our friends from the UTK Community Garden Club back for another volunteer workday, this time joined by members of the Alpha Omega Epsilon (AOE) sorority for women in STEM. Led by President Andy Wattanaskolpant and Vice President Drew Hogan, the Community Garden Club has partnered with…
KUB’s Day of Service at the Pastor Richard S. Brown Jr. Community Garden
The Alliance participated in KUB’s Spring Days of Service by hosting a volunteer group at the Brown Community Garden. After finishing their work shifts, KUB employees spent a Tuesday afternoon helping revitalize a section of the garden in the 64 bed area by removing invasive Bermuda grass, adding fresh soil,…