Growing Gardens: Planting Seeds of Resilience Rooted in Community

This article was written by Portland author Peggy Acott to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Growing Gardens. Beginning in 1996 with a staff so small you could count them on one hand and still have fingers left over, Growing Gardens is today a robust group of nearly fifty, with program volunteers numbering more than a hundred. They are passionate and persistent in their goal to create a…