Plant a Seed, Feed the Need

Community Donation Garden at St. Christopher Episcopal Church

St. Christopher Commun

The plant a seed ~ feed the need community garden at St. Christopher Episcopal church is a donation garden providing fresh organic produce to the food pantry at Interfaith Caring Ministries in League City Texas. ICM was founded in 1985 by a group of citizens and local area churches concerned with the areas growing population of working poor families. They recognized a need for an alliance that would allow them to screen clients for need and offer services on a consistent basis. Since then, ICM has been a cornerstone in helping to fill in gaps within government social service, health, and education programs. There are over 25,000 working poor families in ICM’s service area. In 2007, ICM served over 4,000 families.

For FY 2008 (July 1, 2007 thru June 30, 2008) 81% of ICM's clients were
women. They served 2827 women and children (average 227 women and children served monthly. Currently, for FY 2009 (July 1, 2008 - March, 2009) ICM  have served 1610 households with various services.

ICM serves Clear Creek Independent School District residents who reside in both southern Harris County and northern Galveston County. Their service area encompasses the following zip codes:

 
77058, 77059, 77062, 77565, 77573, 77586, and 77598. In addition, we serve zip codes 77089 and 77546, if within CCISD and 77518 and 77539 by referral.

The garden adopts the attitude of inclusion and invitation to the individuals it serves, creating a "hand up" opportunity rather than a "hand out" situation. ICM clients are encouraged to participate in gardening activities.

The garden is open to all individuals and groups wishing to volunteer in this community outreach project. The 1 acre garden will encompass 30 150 square foot vegetable and herb beds, 36 fruit trees, a Texas wildflower bed and a children’s bed where the kids can claim a foot or two for there own and plant whatever they wish. It is an eco- friendly project in that we are encouraging organic gardening practices and reducing the amount of organic material (lawn clippings, coffee grounds, kitchen vegetable scraps) that ends up in landfills by maintaining a compost pile that will be used to fertilize the plants.

The garden is funded through individual donations and corporate in kind donations as well as community development grants. Memorial gifting opportunities are also available including park benches, bed sponsorship, and tree plantings. Please contact Ally Hardick at 832-277-0765 to learn about volunteer and memorial gifting opportunities.

See the notes from our introductory meeting

Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Application

Composting Rules

Please email Kimberly Bryant (kharvin@hotmail.com) or Ally Hardick (alipanwoot99@yahoo.com) with the way you'd like to help.