A Season of Vegetables

by Mari Carl Duffer When I first arrived at The Fruitful Field in the middle of an August thunderstorm, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. I had never grown vegetables in a tropical setting like South Florida, so I was intimidated to begin. Once 

Garden Visit

Thanks to the group from the  JARC Ability Garden Club for the great field trip and picnic today! Keep up the good work on your garden and come back to visit soon! Index

April Strawberry

Strawberries are loving our cooler than normal spring!

Spring Break Work visit by Atlanta High School Football Team

  Great visit by the football team (30+ Students) from Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy, McDonough, GA. They helped make new planting areas, destroy invasive shrubs and build a keyhole garden area out of rocks. Thanks guys for taking time during a busy week to lend 

We got lots of great veggies growing!

  Great growing news, on March 30th we passed a mile marker– 1,000 lbs of vegetables and fruit grown in 2013 so far (3 months)!!!!      

Workday this Saturday February 16th

Our February workday is this Saturday (the 16th) from 9:00 AM to noon. Come help us prep for Tea in the Garden next week and enjoy a light lunch featuring garden produce! Closed toe shoes, gloves, etc….

Tea in The Garden Tickets are Sold Out

As of Monday Feb 11– we only 35 tickets left!! Since we have limited seats, this will probably be a sell out event and there will be no tickets available at the door. Tickets have Sold Out due to incredible interest in the Tea in 

January 2013 at The Fruitful Field

After you buy Tea Tickets check out our January Slideshow!

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Come help make the garden even prettier–Tea in the Garden is coming soon! Workday this Saturday January 19th from 9am to 12pm. Snacks and Light Lunch provided as usual. See you then!    

Black-Eyed Peas and Collard Greens

    Black-eyed Peas and Collard Greens…start 2013 with great taste! Stop by the Garden on New Year’s Day between 11am-12:30pm, lunch is on us. Take a Garden tour and see what’s new in the New Year!

The Fruitful Field 2012 in Pictures

Enjoy browsing our photos from 2012! Great Community Gardening, Food Pantry plots, Veggie Rows and Work Days…and nearly 1000 pounds of produce harvested! If you’d like to support the garden go to thefruitfulfield.org and click on ‘Donate Now’ to make an end of year gift. 

Workday this Saturday December 15th

This Saturday (Dec 15th) is our Garden workday. Work times are from 9:00 to noon with snacks and a light lunch. Projects include building more rows, potting figs and generally working outside in our great Florida winter weather! See you in the garden!