Moravian Community Garden

The Staten Island Moravian Churches Community Garden grows organic produce for Project Hospitality’s soup kitchen and food pantry

From the time we started keeping records, we’ve been contributing between 800 and 900 pounds of produce each season to Project Hospitality’s soup kitchen and food pantry. During our 2016 gardening season, we contributed over 1,026 pounds of fresh produce to Project Hospitality and 168 pounds from personal plots.

More information (PDFs):

• 2017 Work Party Dates
• Registration form
• Fact Sheet about the Garden
• Recruitment Day Announcement

Location

Castleton Hill Moravian Church
1657 Victory Blvd.
Staten Island, NY 10314
718-442-5215
Please call the church office for more specific directions to the garden.

Volunteer Gardeners

• We have thirty-nine four by four foot squares. About a third of these squares are set aside for volunteer gardeners and about two-thirds are set aside for Project Hospitality.
• The garden provides space for people who might not be able to garden at home. In exchange for helping to care for garden plots designated for Project Hospitality, volunteer gardeners can have a personal plot to grow their own vegetables and herbs to take home.
• The entrance and front section of the garden are handicap accessible. Six of the plots are in waist high wheel-chair accessible beds.

Square Foot Gardening

We use the Square Foot Gardening Method developed by Mel Bartholomew. (The number of plants per square depends on the size of the plant. For instance, a foot square can accommodate 1 tomato plant or 16 radish plants)

• High density planting means fewer weeds.
• Verticals are provided in 27 squares in our garden. Verticals are used for tomatoes, cucumbers, and other running plants.
• Volunteer gardeners only need simple tools: gardening gloves and trowels.
• Don’t step on the soil inside the garden squares!

Come and join us! It’s great to enjoy being outside, working together, and seeing the goodness of God’s creation all around us.