Service Garden

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Service Garden Highlights and Volunteer Opportunities
Service Garden Highlights
Garden Preperations & Planting has begun!
Join us in the Service Garden this week!
Hi Service Guard-ners, 

There has been a lot going on in the garden this week. We are prepping more beds for radishes, kales, and boc choy. The onions have arrived and we will be planting them all next week. There are very few weeds this year thanks to our soil health techniques. All beds are getting mulched this week also. Please come learn how we have a highly productive weed free garden. With all the rain, we have high hopes for a fruitful year.

Make sure you bring your warm layers, hat, gloves, water, and any questions you have.

Come help in the garden for an hour or a day, without you, this would not have been possible! We are excited for this year...
Please help us plan by signing up. 
Monday Afternoon 3-6pm
Tuesday 9 AM - 12 PM
Tuesday Afternoon 3-6pm
Wednesday 9 AM - 2 PM
Friday 9AM - 2 PM
Thursday Afternoon 3-6pm
Please include your phone number in the sign-up, if there is bad weather, there is always greenhouse work to be done. We will text with any last-minute changes.

~ Farm Manager Jeny
Farmer Tip: Plant your onions a 👊 fist width apart. Onions tell you when they are ready by bending over and layers starting to turn more dry. Pull them and dry them in a dry place for a few weeks while they cure. Store in a cool dark place.
Gratitude to our team, volunteers, and community partnerships that make the Service Garden possible!
Together we are growing a better future! 
 
~Team Local Food

 
Directions to Garden

 5 MPH on all farm roads please! 

What is the Service Garden?
The Service Garden is a quarter-acre farm field on the historic Tony Andrews Farm owned by the town of Falmouth.  It is Sub-Leased by the generous Geoff Andrews and run by the Non-Profit Farming Falmouth, Inc. The farm field is tended by Farming Falmouth's farm manager and community volunteers. All the food grown is being donated to the Falmouth Service Center and the Cape & Islands Veterans Outreach Center. We exceeded last year's goal and donated over 1,400 lbs of fresh food, so this year we have increased our fields and goals! The garden is a learning classroom focused on organic no-till regenerative agriculture practices.
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Service Garden History

  • In 2023 we started a  Service Garden on the Tony Andrews Farm. In our first year, on a 1/16th acre test plot, we grew over 1400 lbs of produce. All the food was donated to the Falmouth Service Center in 2023.

  • In 2024 we quadrupled the size of the garden and expanded our donations to include both the Falmouth Service Center and the Cape & Islands Veterans Outreach Center. We are reaching our donation goal of 5,000 lbs with the help of our dedicated volunteers.

  • 2025 plans to keep expanding!

Read about us in the News Here!

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