Thanks to a $ 15,000 Grant from the Community Foundation of St Joe Co. we should be able to contuniue with our Greenhouse Project. Of course we need to match those funds before we can use them. So If you are looking to donate nows the time ! If you are a Indiana resident or business and donate over $ 100 you may qualify for Indiana NAP credits.  Call, Text or e-mail  Sara for more information 574-315-4361 or growunitygardens@yahoo.com . The Greenhouse project is designed to help Unity Gardens grow a more sustainable local food system. The goals are to create a training center for those wanting to learn more about creating a self sustaining food source. It will act as a location to test ideas for growing smarter all year long. Some projects we will be working on include Aquaponics, Vermiculture, growing mushrooms, Indoor composting, solar power,and four season growing. As always it will also be a community meeting place and seed center for growing new ideas. We are just scratching the sur

The planting will begin this Saturday on Unity Gardens Native Planting Area at LaSalle Square. The project was started this spring but was scratched because of the hot dry weather. The plan developed by our intern Myles Robertson is partly research an partly developing a more sustainable garden by encouraging pollinators. The large 300' x 100' plot is divided into 50' x 50' plots. The plots will be planted in 4 different ways to see how the native plants grow in each of the 3 planting styles. The plots can be used by IUSB for research , and will also be used by Unity Gardens for education purposes.
 All the seeds and supplies were donated, and the work will be done by volunteers.Supporters and donors for this project include The City of South Bend, Indiana University South Bend, Cardno/JFNew, and Jay Duley
Come watch us grow !!