Grow 1/Give 1
WCMGA’s Grow1/Give1 campaign, now in its fourth year, provides vegetable starts grown by Washington County Master Gardeners™ to limited-income residents of Washington County.
Working with food pantries across the county, we distribute starts of different types of tomatoes (cherry, slicer, paste) and hot peppers (jalapeño, habanero) along with various packets of vegetable and herb seeds. Because many recipients live in situations without yards for planting, we select seed varieties for plants that would grow well in small spaces. Additionally, we include grow bags filled with potting medium for those without yard space, fertilizer, and an instruction sheet in both Spanish and English.
The support of OSU Extension Family and Community Health Program has been instrumental in providing Spanish language translations. Similarly, generous donations of grow bags by Root Pouch, and a discount on soil to fill them from Tigard Best Buy in Town, along with fertilizer donated by Clean Water Services, allow us to provide vegetable starts to more people across the county.