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Christ Church
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The
Harvest for the Hungry Garden was founded in 1987 by Muchtar
Salzmann, owner of Emerisa Gardens, and Marge Cerletti, both of whom
wanted to do something about hunger in their community. Christ Church
United Methodist loaned them the use of a 3/4 acre parcel of land
behind the church as part of its In 1987 the Harvest Garden was essentially two open fields. Now it
boasts 28 raised beds devoted to growing organic produce and flowers,
all watered with drip irrigation. It also provides local residents with
an ecological learning center Relying exclusively on volunteer labor, the Harvest Garden delivers hundreds of pounds of organically grown produce each week to hunger programs in Santa Rosa. For more information about the Garden, please visit their website at http://www.harvestgarden.org |
contribution to helping to feed low-income residents in Sonoma County. 
with extensive vegetable and flower beds,
wildlife habitat and native plant areas, medicinal plant garden, pond
area, backyard demonstration garden, and regular workshops on organic
gardening and native habitat development.