UALC Community Garden

We are a joint ministry of the Upper Arlington Lutheran Church and Cornerstone Christian Fellowship

We strive to deliver Jesus’ love in three ways. The first is by feeding the hungry. We generate thousands of pounds of fresh produce each year for our economically challenged neighbors. To date we have delivered over 122 tons of fresh produce to hard pressed folks in Central Ohio. Most of that went to New Americans involved in English as second language (“ESL”) classes provided by Festa and Cornerstone Christian Fellowship. Significant amounts also go to local food pantries. The second is by welcoming immigrants. We use the gardening process and the food it generates to welcome refugees from troubled regions around the world. We do that by building friendships, enhancing English language skills, and learning about each other’s cultures as we garden together and teach each other different ways to cook the crops we grow. We also do that through picnics at the end of most our gardening sessions and through weekly meetings of the Kid’s Gardening Club during the summer. Third, we try to preserve God’s wonderful creation by diverting restaurant and yard waste from the waste stream into our compost bins. Every year we turn hundreds of cubic yards of waste into compost to recharge our soil. That is made possible by lots of compostable materials provided by Crimson Cup Coffee and Site Maintenance.