Our Grateful Garden

Our Grateful Garden Advancing community well-being by tackling ecological separation and food insecurity. Tickets: www.ourgratefulgarden.org

Join our first fundraiser Grow Together Garden Festival for hands-on gardening fun and learning. The purpose of Our Grateful Garden is to advance community well-being by addressing ecological separation, food insecurity, and addiction recovery. We achieve this by creating and promoting sustainable, multi-functional spaces that nurture the environment, support equitable food access, and inspire per

sonal and community healing. Signature initiatives include Food Pantry Gardens, tree planting programs, and transformative projects such as Mended Fences, which highlights the importance of making amends and self-forgiveness, and the St. Patrick’s Day Pea Shoot Fest, which uses the life cycle of pea shoots as a metaphor for recovery, symbolizing the transformative power of light and growth. Through these efforts, Our Grateful Garden seeks to build a more connected, sustainable, and equitable world, one garden at a time.

We are still smiling from our very first Grow Together Garden Festival & Fundraiser! 🌿✨What a wonderful day of plants, p...
05/08/2026

We are still smiling from our very first Grow Together Garden Festival & Fundraiser! 🌿✨

What a wonderful day of plants, people, and community. We were blown away by the energy, the generosity, and the love that filled the room. Together we raised funds for a cause close to our hearts, and we couldn't have done any of it without you.

Thank you to our incredible vendors for sharing your passion:


A heartfelt thank you to , Rockland Garden Center and for their support in making this event possible — we are so grateful.

A huge thank you to our volunteers — this doesn't happen without you! 💚

Feeling inspired? We're growing our team and looking for volunteers and board members to help shape the future of Our Grateful Garden. If that sounds like you, drop us a line at [email protected]!

This was our FIRST annual Grow Together Garden Festival — and that word "annual" means we'll be back. 🌸 We hope you will be too!

Before you start gardening, head here first! Soil and planting demonstrations, Vegetable Gardening and Energy Gardening ...
04/24/2026

Before you start gardening, head here first!

Soil and planting demonstrations, Vegetable Gardening and Energy Gardening classes from The Grateful Gardner, fun activities for kids & more. Plus you'll be supporting a great cause.

Did we mention raffle tickets and FREE seeds upon entry? (while supplies last!)

Grow Together Festival and Fundraiser is Saturday, April 25th from 1-6pm at Old South Union Church in South Weymouth.

Donations in the form of tickets available at: https://www.ourgratefulgarden.org/

To celebrate Earth Day, we're putting our three garden lectures ON SALE through the event — because growing together sta...
04/22/2026

To celebrate Earth Day, we're putting our three garden lectures ON SALE through the event — because growing together starts with learning together. 🌱

Join us this Saturday, April 25th (1–6PM) at Old South Union Church in Weymouth for the Grow Together Spring Garden Festival — and level up your garden game with instructor (The Grateful Gardener) Todd Breitenstein:

🥬 Vegetable Gardening 101 — now $22
🌿 Vegetable Gardening 201 — now $22
⚡ Energy Gardening — now $22

🌻 All Three + Expo Hall Admission — now $60
🌻 Any Two + Expo Hall Admission — $40

Every ticket includes access to our Expo Hall — with vendors, hands-on activities, soil & planting demos, raffles, and prizes for all ages! 🎉

This is a fundraiser supporting Our Grateful Garden, a 501(c3) non-profit growing food for our community right here on the South Shore. 💚

🎟️ Grab your tickets before they're gone → ourgratefulgarden.org

Wow! The local businesses in Columbian Square and across the South Shore have been SO generous with their donations for ...
04/22/2026

Wow! The local businesses in Columbian Square and across the South Shore have been SO generous with their donations for our Garden Fest raffle prizes! Each adult entry ticket includes one raffle ticket but don't worry, you'll have the opportunity for more tries to win prizes from Tavern in the Square LOUIE Cross Street Flower Farm OASIS DAY SPA MA Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa - Weymouth, MA Rg's Hair Design The Joint Chiropractic Fruit Center Marketplace ...and more!

📅 Saturday, April 25 ⏰ 1–6pm 🎟 from $10

Buy tickets at: https://www.ourgratefulgarden.org/

✨🌿 ThirdTalk: Energy GardeningSaturday, April 25, 20265:00pm-6:00pm (ticketed event)Old South Union Church • Weymouth, M...
04/13/2026

✨🌿 ThirdTalk: Energy Gardening

Saturday, April 25, 2026
5:00pm-6:00pm (ticketed event)
Old South Union Church • Weymouth, Massachusetts

Discover how thoughtful garden design– sunlight, layout, plant relationships, and natural patterns– can dramatically improve plant health, productivity, and the overall essence of your space. This session introduces simple, powerful ways to make your garden more efficient, balanced and alive.

“Design your garden to work with nature– not against it.”

🎟 Buy your general admission ticket & Garden Talks tickets here: https://www.ourgratefulgarden.org/.../grow-together-a...

🕊Proceeds are donated to the Weymouth Food Pantry and Pantry Gardens
Our Grateful Garden is a 501c3 non-profit organization.

🥦 Second Talk: Let's Get Growing IIHome Vegetable Gardening 201Saturday, April 25, 20263:30pm-4:30pm (ticketed event)Old...
04/12/2026

🥦 Second Talk: Let's Get Growing II
Home Vegetable Gardening 201
Saturday, April 25, 2026
3:30pm-4:30pm (ticketed event)
Old South Union Church • Weymouth, Massachusetts

Take your garden to the next level with proven techniques like companion planting, succession planting, staking, and simple season extension strategies that increase yield while reducing effort.

“Grow More. Waste Less. Work Smarter.”

🎟 Buy your general admission ticket & Garden Talks tickets here: https://www.ourgratefulgarden.org/.../grow-together-a...

🕊Proceeds are donated to the Weymouth Food Pantry and Pantry Gardens
Our Grateful Garden is a 501c3 non-profit organization.

🥕 First Talk: Let's Get Growing I • Home Vegetable Gardening 101Saturday, April 25, 20262:00pm-3:00pm (ticketed event)Ol...
04/11/2026

🥕 First Talk: Let's Get Growing I • Home Vegetable Gardening 101
Saturday, April 25, 2026
2:00pm-3:00pm (ticketed event)
Old South Union Church • Weymouth, Massachusetts

Great for anyone who wants to start a garden but doesn’t know where to begin.

Master the fundamentals of a thriving vegetable garden: Soil, sunlight, watering, and layout– so you can grow healthy, abundant food at home. Perfect for beginners or anyone looking to get back to basics with clarity and success.

“Start Strong. Grow with Confidence.”

🎟 Buy your general admission ticket & Garden Talks tickets here: https://www.ourgratefulgarden.org/event-details/grow-together-a-spring-garden-festival

🕊Proceeds are donated to the Weymouth Food Pantry and Pantry Gardens
Our Grateful Garden is a 501c3 non-profit organization.

Introducing our Gardening Talks Host Todd Breitenstein. “The Grateful Gardener,” is a lifelong gardener, ecological rest...
04/10/2026

Introducing our Gardening Talks Host Todd Breitenstein.

“The Grateful Gardener,” is a lifelong gardener, ecological restoration practitioner and certified health and wellness coach.

With decades of hands-on experience in; landscaping, permaculture and organic land care, Todd teaches people how to grow healthier food, build living soil, and reconnect with nature.

His talks blend practical gardening skills with deeper insights into how working with the land can restore both ecosystems and ourselves.

Each Garden Talk is unique and bonds the wisdom of master gardening with scientific and proven methods to help grow your success with vegetable & energy gardening.

Garden Talks Schedule for Saturday, April 25, 2026

🌱 Let's Get Growing I (Vegetable Gardening 101)
2:00-3:00pm
$25

🥦 Let's Get Growing II (Vegetable Gardening 202)
3:30-4:30pm
$25

🌈 Energy Gardening (much anticipated!)
5:00-6:00pm
$25

Learn more about Gardening Talks with Todd Breitenstein by visiting: https://www.ourgratefulgarden.org/schedule/grow-together-a-spring-garden-festival

Grow Together Spring Festival 2026 headline speaker Todd Breitenstein is featured here at the Pantry Garden during an ex...
04/09/2026

Grow Together Spring Festival 2026 headline speaker Todd Breitenstein is featured here at the Pantry Garden during an exposé highlighting community contributions and growing food for patrons of Weymouth, Massachusetts. Thank you Metacomet Studio for amplifying meaningful non-profit organizations like Weymouth Food Pantry and our host, Old South Union Church - Weymouth.

So Grateful to   for helping us kick off our pea shoot mission. The response at the first meetings was so amazing! The r...
03/20/2023

So Grateful to for helping us kick off our pea shoot mission. The response at the first meetings was so amazing! The ripples of what we did we will never know but based on the initial response we were able to spread so much love and light... this is just the beginning!

Address

167 Washington Street
Norwell, MA
02061

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 12pm
Tuesday 10am - 12pm
Wednesday 10am - 12pm
Thursday 10am - 12pm
Friday 10am - 12pm

Telephone

+17815694930

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