Channel One Green Garden Program

Providing land, gardening advice, and tools for families to grow their own produce to supplement their food budgets.

With the generous sharing of several acres at Rochester Covenant Church, Channel One offers the Green Garden program to families who wish to supplement their food budgets with fresh produce that is grown in the garden.

Even beyond the impact of saving on grocery bills, the garden also offers participants a chance to share tips and develop friendships.

About eighty percent of the families who utilize the program are immigrants and refugees who are accustomed to planting large gardens in their home countries.

The atmosphere in the garden is one of family. The sharing of knowledge and the camaraderie of coming together around the common bond of a love of gardening is really something to witness.

For summer 2008, garden plots are being utilized by over 80 families.

Registration for the garden is limited to a first come, first serve basis each spring with preference being given to gardeners who have had well cared for plots in the previous year. Please contact Channel One at 507-287-2350 for more information regarding the 2009 registration date.

The garden is located behind Rochester Covenant Church in NW Rochester at 4950 31st Ave NW Rochester, MN. The Channel One Garden Program has been in place since 1986.

To take a tour of the Channel One Garden, call Susan Siegle at 507-424-1728, or just stop out and see for yourself.