Our Organic Community Garden in Bellevue

A plot of land at 119 Davis Avenue in Bellevue was donated to North Hills Community Outreach. The donor, Terrie Amelio, requested that the property be used for an organic community garden and that the produce be given to families in need through NHCO's two food pantries. Volunteer Wade Cupcheck cleared the land for his Eagle Scout project; since that time, more than 100 volunteers have given hundreds of hours of their time and service to help this garden grow. To volunteer, donate or learn more, please contact our garden coordinator, Rosie Wise, at 412-307-0069. You can also peruse our garden wish list and visit our News Links page for several articles published on the garden. Scroll down for photos, a link to our garden blog and a schedule of volunteer needs! And if all that isn't enough, you can follow the garden on Twitter!

2012 Seed Drive Underway
Donations of organic, seed packets are being collected for our Rosalinda Sauro Sirianni Garden in Bellevue. Fruit, vegetable, greens, herb and flower seeds as well as monetary donations are welcome. All produce grown at our garden supports North Hills Community Outreach's two food pantries. Last year, our pantries fed 1,395 families in need. Please print our flier and post it for all to see. Donations can be dropped off at any NHCO office.

Original Major Donors and Partners:

Additional Donors and Supporters

Robert Amelio, Esq.
Dorothy Barkman
Brenkle's Farm and Greenhouses
Melissa & James Brooks
Home Depot
Joyce's Antique Emporium
Lincoln Bakery
Bob & Linda Lindgren
Milan & Lois Malivuk
Masterworks Paint Store
Helen Pelly
Penguin Bookstore
Robert & Catherine Rees
Kazim & Naveed Reza
Richards & Richards, LLP
Sewickley Creek Greenhouses
Sign Innovation
Scott & Cheryl Sirianni
William & Marianne Smelas
Ralph & Ida Smith
Sodexo
Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky
Sabrina Strzelczyk
Target
Whole Foods

This is How the Property Looked When It Was Donated to Us

4-16-2011 Volunteer Workday

4-21-2011 Volunteer Workday
Korean Central Church of Pittsburgh Volunteers

5-8-2011
George Becker and Justin Lindsey build our shed

5-14-2011
Planting day! (fence-installing too!)

6-26-2011
Ribbon Cutting and Blessing

Garden Blog: For additional photos, videos, progress reports and narratives from our youth leadership coordinators who are working on the garden, please visit their blog!

Volunteer Needs (Also check the calendar for group volunteer opportunities) - Much depends on the weather and our food pantry schedules, so please contact Rosie Wise at 412-307-0069 if any of these opportunities interests you.

• Data entry – once a week or biweekly to enter harvest numbers into an Excel spreadsheet
• Harvesters – Thursday mornings, 8-10 AM; Mondays or Tuesdays – depending on time of AP pantry, mornings are best to harvest
• Deliverers – Monday afternoons or Tuesday mornings, depending on time of AP pantry; Thursday mornings – could be combined with harvester responsibilities
• Watering – Friday mornings
• Measurers – late Thursday mornings/early afternoons before pantry