In addition to all the garden plots that are operated by our gardeners from Burma and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Helpings of Hope and their volunteer Master Gardeners continues to grow a sizable donation garden. This is for food…

As the cold weather starts to set in, it is time to get the garden ready for the winter. Some of our Congolese neighbors, along with volunteers from Nora Christian Community, finished the work of mulching all the garden paths.…

This past Wednesday, Helpings of Hope had the pleasure of gardening with the clients of New Hope of Indiana. Our Master Gardener, Dawn Keller Doll, provided gardening education — from the importance of keeping your garden tools clean to how…

Helpings of Hope will be having garden cleanup days on Saturday, April 1 and April 8 from 10am-2pm. We will be preparing the Nora garden for summer planting. We could use your help with weed pulling, trimming, digging small trenches around…

Helpings of Hope has seen many new and exciting developments in 2016! We believe 2017 is going to be even greater, and we would like to invite you to be a part of our efforts to help address hunger issues…

I can attest to the pleasure and pain that are the opposite sides of the gardening coin. For community gardens to be successful in their rugged urban environments — to say nothing of making more than a minor contribution to…

Here is the latest update on all that has been happening with Helpings of Hope over the past couple of years. We hope you find this newsletter informative and inspiring. summer-2016

Helpings of Hope is excited to announce that we will be partnering with Tanorria Askew in the near future. Tanorria will be doing some cooking demonstrations, helping with teaching the refugee women of the Darfur Women Network, and hopefully giving…

The author Michael Pollan says that a garden is “a place of many sacraments.” The many hours of communion I have taken in the gardens of my past, hours spent on my knees in supplication to forces I barely comprehend…