Tag Archives: CoMoGives

Season’s End 2020

Posted on by
Reply
  • Circus Lyons gardeners in October
  • volunteers rehabbing old beds at Unite4Health

As November winds down, most garden plots are finished producing for the season. Before you shift away from thinking about gardening for the winter, though, please do the following.

  • If you’re at a community or group garden, let your garden leader know whether you’re planning to return next year. This will help leaders know what plots will be available for newcomers next year.
  • Clean up your plot. If you need tips on how to put your garden to bed for the winter, consult your garden leader.
  • Consider making a year-end donation to the CGC to help with maintaining your community garden next year. We’re a very small, all-volunteer non-profit, and even modest contributions help us fund water, mulch, tools and more to support community gardening in Columbia.
    Donate here today, or wait for December 1 when the CGC will be participating in the CoMo Gives local giving campaign.
  • Consider donating some of your time. Individual gardens need good leaders and team members and the board of the CGC could use new members, too. Contact your garden leader or our board members to get involved.

Thanks & Happy New Year!

Posted on by

A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who supported community gardens during the CoMoGives local donations campaign!!! Whether you were able to give $10 or $200, or even just passed on our message, we are very grateful for your support!

We’re excited about a new year of gardening and hope that we can supply lots of new and continuing gardeners with the means to grow some of their own food in 2020. Our first meeting of the new year happens Wed., January 8 at the Columbia Public Library at 7 p.m. We welcome funding requests from member gardens, and we’d be happy to meet any volunteers who’d like to get involved.

Ann St. gardeners — thank you for sharing the love!

P.S. If you missed the CoMoGives donation deadline of Dec. 31, you can still give to the CGC anytime of year online or with a check via the good old USPS.

Support Community Gardening for Another Season

Posted on by

There are just a few days left to donate to your favorite local organizations through the CoMoGives local giving campaign! Share your support for community gardens in Columbia with a donation by December 31.👍❤️🥕🌱👏
https://comogives.com/product/community-garden-coalition-3/

The CGC has been helping gardens grow since 1983. Here’s a look back at some of the gardens we supported in 2019.

  • Ash Street Garden
  • Cambridge Place Garden
  • Friendship Garden Club
  • Russell Boulevard Outdoor Classroom
  • Ann Street Garden
  • Cougarden at Columbia College

The support we receive from donors like you allows us to fund fences, tools, water, mulch, compost, plants, seeds and equipment at gardens like these. It only takes $10 to show your support for another great year of growing community through gardens.

Thank you for being a part of our community!

Cultivating Gardens & Community — With Your Help

Posted on by
  • girls planting in a raised bed
  • Columbia College students showing garden produce just picked for donation
  • two gardeners at Ash St. showing off a large melon
  • young boy holding straw to mulch raised bed
  • Mom & son with asian gourd


In 2019, the Community Garden Coalition was pleased to support over 1,000 gardeners through another season of growing food and cultivating community. Our member gardeners include people stretching their food budgets, students learning about growing plants for the first time, people growing produce to donate to others and gardeners keeping alive food traditions from distant cultures.

To help community gardens thrive in Columbia, our all-volunteer group offers seeds, plants, water, insurance, tools and supplies. We believe that small gardens can have large benefits. They provide healthy food, stronger communities, greener neighborhoods and a sense of pride and shared accomplishment.

For the third year in a row, we’re joining the CoMoGives local giving campaign. Our goal is to raise $5,000 during the month of December – and we need your help!

We hope you will show your support for community gardening with a donation to the CGC through CoMoGives between December 1 and 31!
CoMoGives.com


Even a small donation can go a long way in our budget! Your dollars stay local, and they’ll go directly back into supporting community gardens used by your neighbors and friends with hoses, wheelbarrows, lawnmowers, seeds, compost and more.

We would also like to spread our message further this year. Can you help us spread the word about community gardening and our mission, by sharing this message with someone else you know?

You and your friends can also stay in touch with CGC and check on our progress by following us on Facebook. Thank you for your support and consideration, and happy holiday season from your CGC Board of Directors!

Kathy Doisy, President
Jenny McDonald, Vice President
Bill McKelvey, Treasurer
Lauren Godsy, Secretary
Ann Marie Gortmaker
Kristin Hatton
Sarah Kendrick
Zach Pietryla

Thank You, Gardeners, Volunteers & Donors!

Posted on by

Congratulations on another great season of gardening!

The Community Garden Coalition would like to thank all our hardworking garden leaders and volunteers and all our generous donors for their efforts. We are so appreciative of what you do and how you help your community!

Collage of garden images from 2019 with thank you message and request to donate through CoMoGives in December

We’re already thinking about the 2020 gardening season. We’re grateful to the City of Columbia social services granting program for continuing to support us next year. And we’re pleased to announce that the Community Foundation of Central Missouri will be supporting our seed and plant distribution with a grant next year.

We also depend on the support of many individual donors through the CoMoGives local giving campaign in December. Can you help us this year with a donation or by passing on our message to your friends and family?

You can donate to the CGC and many other great local organizations through CoMoGives starting Dec. 1.