Smith's Crossing Community Garden

06/03/2026

This past weekend, three of our gardeners proudly held a selection of LGBTQ+ books that were recently donated to our Free Little Library. We are grateful for donations that help make knowledge, stories, and diverse perspectives accessible to everyone.

Our garden is a welcoming space for all people, regardless of age, background, identity, or experience level. We are committed to fostering a community rooted in kindness, respect, inclusion, and belonging.

Whether you're here to grow tomatoes, flowers, friendships, or simply enjoy the space, you are welcome here. 🌈📚☀️

05/29/2026

We’re off to a busy and exciting start at Smith’s Crossing Community Garden! 🌱

This April, we kicked off a big project to expand our garden by removing grass and building an entirely new garden section. Thanks to lots of hard work, we were able to add 6 new garden beds, a future pumpkin patch, a flower bed, and a brand-new food pantry plot! 🎃🌻🥕

That means we now have THREE plots dedicated to supporting Sunshine Pantry at Sunshine Place! ☀️💙🩵

Our mission is simple: grow fresh food, strengthen our community, and help fight food insecurity.

Have extra vegetable or produce plants? Consider donating them to our garden! We’ll help grow them and donate the harvest to Sunshine Place for those in need.

05/20/2026

We are super excited to grow produce for Sunshine Place!

🌱Are you a gardener still getting everything planted? Consider planting a row (or more!) for Sunshine Pantry! The pantry accepts produce of all kinds and our shoppers are so grateful for fresh, seasonal food. 🥕🍅🥬🍠 Check out our produce donation guidelines in the flyer!

🍏 Not much of a gardener? Consider hosting a food drive instead: https://sunshineplace.org/food-drive-kit/
❤ Support Sunshine Pantry right now: https://sunshine.app.neoncrm.com/forms/10

04/28/2026

A huge thank you to the 27 (yes 27!!) volunteers who came out to our Earth Day Cleanup. A special thank you to Team Anjani for bringing so many volunteers and helping make such a big impact. Because of everyone’s hard work, our garden beds are one step closer to growing fresh food for the local food pantry. We appreciate your time, energy, and community spirit! 🌎💚

03/04/2026

Great community resource from a local small business! 😊

02/19/2026

🌱 Free Seeds + Help Us Grow! 🌱

The library is offering free seeds, so be sure to check out their post and grab some while they last!

We’re also looking for volunteers to start a few extra plants for our Pantry Garden at Smiths Crossing. All produce from these plants will be donated to the Sun Prairie Food Pantry to support local families. 💚

We’re looking for:
🍅 Tomatoes (any varieties)
🌶 Peppers (any varieties)
🍆 Eggplant
🥬 Cabbage
🥦 Broccoli
🥦 Cauliflower
🥒 Zucchini
🌼 Yellow squash
🎃 Squash (any varieties)

Truly, any produce plant is appreciated! Comment below or message us if you’d like to help 🌱

01/09/2026

We love seeing community resources like this! 🌿

Did you know that we currently have a Native Seed Library? 🌱

We are partnering with the Dane County Land & Water Resources Department to provide free native plant seeds at the library! Native plants are adapted to the local climate and soils, are drought tolerant, and have deep root systems that help infiltrate rain water. 💧 They also provide important ecosystem services such as improved water quality and habitat and food for local wildlife, including numerous pollinator species. 🐝

The seeds were all collected by Dane County Parks volunteers and Operation Fresh Start crews and packaged by local volunteers.

Growing instructions are available online at danecountyparks.com/grow.

Stop by the library to get yours today!

11/11/2025

🌿 Hey garden friends! 🌿

We’re looking for some volunteers to help us winterize our community garden plots for the pantry! This year we donated over 369 lbs of fresh produce including tomatoes, peppers, carrots, pumpkins, and more to help fight food insecurity right here in our community. 🥕🍅💚

Now it’s time to tuck the garden in for the season, and we could use some extra hands! We will be pulling weeds and laying cardboard to get ready for the winter.

📅 Volunteer Dates:
Monday, November 17
Tuesday, November 25
Friday, November 28

If you’re interested in helping out, send us an email at [email protected] or message us here on facebook! Let’s wrap up another amazing growing season together 🌱💪yy

10/20/2025

Last week our garden donated 52 pounds of fresh produce to the food pantry! 🥕🍅🎃

We shared tomatoes, banana peppers, pumpkins, mini peppers, radishes, and our very first carrots grown by our board member Haley! 🧡

Thank you to everyone who helped make this harvest possible and continues to support our mission of growing and giving back! 🌱💚

09/14/2025

Another harvest, another donation! 🌱 Our community garden recently delivered 66 pounds of fresh produce to the food pantry, including 6 pounds of homegrown garlic 🧄✨.

That brings our season total to 317 pounds donated so far! 💚 Huge thanks to all of our gardeners for helping us grow good food and share it with our neighbors!