Giving Gardens ND

01/20/2026

I hope everyone staying cozy this winter! With Spring a couple months away, I’m pondering how to get more of our community involved in donating garden produce and I’d love to get some input from you all. Drop some ideas for me!

11/23/2025

Today is the final day to vote for nominations. You’re not only supporting me & Giving Gardens. Each vote is a show of support for every person who spent hours growing produce & donating it to Giving Gardens in 2025. If you are a supporter of what we do for our community, go cast a vote! 💚

Category: Volunteer of the Year

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The nomination phase kicks off the competition, giving you the power to nominate the businesses or individuals you believe are the most deserving of the "Best of the Best" title. Select a category below to nominate a business or individual.

11/22/2025

Just a friendly reminder that this is the second to last day for nominations 😊 If you’ve voted for Giving Gardens, thank you! If you haven’t, we would love your support! A place in the voting round helps our program gain visibility and hopefully more community involvement in the future. 💚

https://www.bestofthemidwest.com/dickinson/best-of-the-best-dickinson?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPNDM3NjI2MzE2OTczNzg4AAEeaTRB7BDXPd5RJDZ0cG42Mabv5ZeyL9LlJ6qRw-pNpMaoyTLQZJE8wWiImw4_aem_1QpNDaZwS5tV33PcFGP1yw #/gallery/?group=531539

The nomination phase kicks off the competition, giving you the power to nominate the businesses or individuals you believe are the most deserving of the "Best of the Best" title. Select a category below to nominate a business or individual.

11/17/2025

Hello! Giving Gardens is nominated again this year in the Volunteer of the Year category under Locals and Professionals. Only the top few nominations make it to the voting round and you can vote daily. We would love your support! Thank you! 💚

The nomination phase kicks off the competition, giving you the power to nominate the businesses or individuals you believe are the most deserving of the "Best of the Best" title. Select a category below to nominate a business or individual.

10/01/2025

Today’s pantry drop wrapped our 2025 growing season for us! I left the pantry today feeling immense gratitude for each and every one of you who graciously served our community through donating your beautiful garden harvests. You all really embraced the true meaning of “Giving Gardens”. THANK YOU 💚

The total pounds we donated this year was not even fathomable to me at the start of the season. We donated 1,623 pounds of produce to AMEN Food Pantry this season. Over half a ton of summer veggies donated over 3 months. How amazing is that!?

An extra heartfelt thank you to Scharlie and the volunteer team at Amen who helped me haul in car loads of produce and worked hard to distribute it every week.

See you all next year! 🌱

09/29/2025

Tomorrow will be our final collection and pantry drop of the 2025 season!

09/21/2025

Last week’s drop! Only a couple more weeks left of our season (weather permitting). Still going strong with 166 pounds of dropped off at the food pantry last week! Thank you Sierra and Debbie!

09/11/2025

Forgot to snag a picture yesterday but we had a nice 100+ pound pantry drop! Thank you Debbie, Cheryl and Becky! Harvests are slowing down but I will still be collecting donations until October 1st!

09/04/2025

We did it 👏🏼 ONE THOUSAND POUNDS! We are at 1,154 after today. That is slightly over half a ton of garden produce donated to AMEN Food Pantry this growing season!

I never expected to reach this amount in our second season of the program. The numbers aside, none of this would’ve been possible without ALL of you who generously donated pounds and pounds of produce this year. This community of gardeners and growers amazes me and I’m incredibly grateful for the continued support in making a difference in our small community. 💚

09/03/2025

We are sitting at 981 pounds of donated produce this season. I expect harvests to start slowing down, but if we are able to hit 1,000. I will be doing something special for every grower who donated this year as a thank you for making this possible.

09/02/2025

Today’s pantry drop brings the running total for Giving Garden’s 2025 season to 981 pounds of locally grown produce donated to AMEN Food Pantry. Absolutely amazing! 💚

Thank you Debbie, Heather and Michell for donating this week! Let’s hit 1,000 pounds before the season is over! 🙌🏼

08/26/2025

Today’s drop at AMEN Food Pantry shattered the old record of most pounds per single drop and I’m a little lost for words. Today’s total was 307 pounds! 😱👏🏼 Thank you to Becky, Tavia, Cheryl and Debbie for repeatedly donating their produce and setting the record for the largest, single drop to date for Giving Gardens. It was a blessed day at the pantry! 💚