Workshop facilitators needed. Call Polly Branch at 774-6232 to offer any direct assistance. For general info or to volunteer, please call the Plowshare office at 985-0808. Plowshare Community Garden Project - Urban Community Gardens are gardens set in urban areas, often in low income inner city neighborhoods, planted by neighborhood residents and community activists. The gardens transform vacant lots into green spaces, providing food, shade, flowers, quiet, and a common meeting place to people in the neighborhood.
Participants grow fresh, organic, and low cost produce.
Gardens increase interaction between neighbors, encourage community involvement and activism, and have been shown to discourage crime. Plowshare is working to encourage the establishment of community gardens throughout Roanoke City. You can apply for a plot in the garden regardless of where in Roanoke you live. NNEO will be needing volunteers for a variety of tasks. It's easy, it's free , click here .