Join us for our Annual Plant Sale & Open House on April 27th!

Lynchburg Grows 2024 Annual Plant Sale & Open House Poster designed by Ella Gleason

Come see us at 1339 Englewood Street for our second annual Plant Sale & Open House on April 27th from 9:00am to 1:00pm!

We’ll have vegetable and flower starts, seeds, established native plants & perennials, and house plants for sale. All proceeds go directly to our work, supporting our mission of providing meaningful work for people with disabilities and fresh food to the community!

Everyone is welcome, whether you’re looking to add houseplants to your home, continuing to grow your own garden, or are curious about how to develop your green thumb. Our friends from Tacos al Pastor will be there again serving up delicious food while you shop.

If you're a SNAP customer, you’ll receive 50% off food-growing plants and seeds thanks to theVirginia Fresh Match initiative. Not sure if you qualify for SNAP? VisitCommon Help for assistance navigating the application process.

June 16, 2023: Lynchburg Grows is the 2023 Recipient of the Greater Lynchburg Foundation Century Fund!

We are so honored to be this year’s recipient of the Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation’s Century Fund. You can check out their work at this link. This generous grant of $100,000 will help us toward finishing the renovation of our historic shed. The newly renovated shed will enable us to teach nutrition classes, host workshops, and create space for students to experiment in the kitchen with veggies they harvested from the farm. Thank you @greater_lynchburg for believing in our work in such a big way!

April 22nd, 2023: Lynchburg Grows First Annual Plant Sale and Open House

 

From vegetable and flower starts to seed mixes, houseplants, and established native and perennial plants, you can find a little bit of everything at our first annual plant sale.

Don't have a green thumb? Take a tour of our farm and learn about how Lynchburg Grows works with the community to provide access to healthy food. 

With your help, we can continue to provide the community with health-promoting, locally-grown produce.

If you're a SNAP customer, you receive 50% off food-growing plants and seeds thanks to the Virginia Fresh Match initiative. Not sure if you qualify? Visit Common Help for help navigating the application process. 

 

Poster by Thomas Dean


William and Mary students volunteer at Lynchburg Grows for Alternative Spring Break

 

This week we were thrilled to host student-volunteer groups from William and Mary for Alternative Spring Break. With their help, we accomplished so much:

  • weeded rose beds, covered beds with cardboard (to help prevent weeds) and filled with mulch

  • major weeding in between greenhouses (basically small trees!)

  • replaced cooling pads in Greenhouse1

  • potted perennials for upcoming plant sale

  • organized tools

  • cleared our Greenhouse 9 —a huge project!

Big thanks to the school and students for making it happen! 

 

William & Mary student-volunteers pose with Murphy. (R to L, Back Row) Nina, Elizabeth, Zoe, Grace, Aja, Rachel; (R to L, Front Row) Sean, Margaret, Preston, Shinwoo. Thank you, students!