Samaritan Outreach Community Garden
“The Hope Garden”
Location: Northeast Neighborhood – 14th and Claymont Streets, Wilmington DE
Fast Facts
Type: Vegetable & Flower Garden
Coordinator: Myra Holmes
Created: 2002
”To forget how to dig the earth and tend the soil is to forget ourselves.” – Ghandi |
History: Started and maintained by employees of Samaritan Outreach, a division of the Ministry of Caring that provides  outreach and supportive services to homeless persons, the bountiful harvests and beauty of this garden are shared with needy clients. In the sunny corner lot, a variety of vegetables and herbs are grown in six raised beds. Tomatoes tend to fair best and are always a hit with those receiving them. Warming the entrance way are flowering shrubs and perennials to welcome and motivate incomers.
Impact: This garden not only brings a sense of community and pride to the neighborhood, it also demonstrates that self-reliance and hard work can bear the fruit of self-sufficiency. |
