Award: State Senator Shelley B. Mayer’s 2020 Garden Contest: 2nd place for Community Garden
The Bronxville Giving Garden is a community-centered garden that donates organic produce to Eastchester Community Action Partnership in Tuckahoe and Community Service Associates in Mount Vernon. The garden is also a gathering place where school children and volunteers can discover the joy of tending plants and growing food.
The Bronxville Giving Garden is a self-sustaining nonprofit. It is run by volunteers and utilizes donations from local organizations and fundraising events. It is located on the corner of Pondfield Road and Gramatan Avenue in the Bronxville Village.
Farmer Dave Phillips has been hard at work growing the vegetables and preparing meals with Jared Apuzo and his team at the Mount Vernon CSA.
Summer Harvest
The Giving Garden has had eight seasons of bountiful harvest yielding potatoes, snap peas, green beans, cucumbers, lettuce, carrots, radishes and more! Due to a succession planting technique, Farmer Dave has been able to ensure a successful harvest throughout the season.
Most of the vegetables grown by the Giving Garden are donated to Community Service Associates in Mount Vernon, which prepares meals for eighty people a week.
Sue Brownie, Giving Garden Director, with Ms. Deirdre and her Reformed School Pre-K class at the garden!
Spring School Visits
For the past few years, the Bronxville Giving Garden has hosted classes from the Reformed Church Nursery School. The students are able to see the new vegetables that Farmer Dave Philips planted for the upcoming harvest and plant sunflower seeds in the raised beds around the garden.