Growing Forward
Harvest Party at Serenity Garden and Urban Farm
Giving Garden Opening Work Day
On a sunny day in early April volunteers from Nourishing Bethesda, Potomac Presbyterian Church and HarvestShare all gathered at the Giving Garden in Potomac to get the garden ready for May planting. Although two of the beds were covered and growing leafy cool-season greens, the other twelve beds needed some work. Many of the volunteers […]
SeedShare and Food Gardening Expo a Huge Success
Though Mother Nature tried again this year to cancel our event, over 100 residents braved the winds and extreme cold to attend our 3rd annual program. Participants selected from hundreds and hundreds of seed varieties, had their questions answered by food gardening experts and visited a multitude of educational tables including hydroponics, winter sowing, home composting, container gardening, starting […]
2025 in Review-A Banner Year
Though Mother Nature wasn’t as cooperative as she could have been last summer, we still managed to donate more produce back to the community than in previous years, 30,745 pounds! Our three grow-to-donate gardens each had their own challenges but continued their prior year successes. We added a community garden participant which brings Montgomery Parks […]
Gleaning for Good at Norman’s Farm
Gleaning for Good at Norman’s Farm Gleaning is the act of collecting leftover crops in the field after harvest according to Wikipedia. On October 27 and November 3, HarvestShare volunteers joined forces with volunteers from Small Things Matter and the MoCo Master Gardeners to glean over 6400 pounds of eggplant, peppers and tomatoes from Norman’s Farm […]
Sizzling Summer 2025
Sizzling Summer 2025 Although summer officially ended on Sept 21, nobody told the tomatoes and peppers which continue to produce in amazing quantities. Despite a cool start in June and torrential daily rains in early July, our dedicated gardeners-for-good ( and farmers for good) still grew and donated over 14, 000 pounds of fresh produce. […]
White Oak Day a huge success!
White Oak Day 2025 Despite some early rain and a worrisome weather start, HarvestShare’s seedling giveaway was a tremendous success. With support of many MoCo Master Gardener educators, we managed to distribute 921 vegetable and herb seedlings to 178 families made up of 610 residents in 22 + zip codes. Talk about spreading the joy […]
Happy 5th Birthday, HarvestShare!
Happy 5th Birthday, HarvestShare! HarvestShare is celebrating five years as an organization this spring and we kicked off our sixth season exactly how we started, giving away seedlings. The idea behind our grassroots initiative began in the spring of 2020 as the covid pandemic cancelled a food gardening program and left us with a couple […]
Successful SeedShare and Food Gardening Expo
SeedShare and Food Gardening Expo 2025 Despite a dismal weather forecast of freezing rain and icy conditions, all level of gardeners came out to participate in our second annual event. Participants gained access to hundreds and hundreds of donated seeds, methodically sorted by type and season, helping them to kickstart their gardening plans. In addition […]
2024 AARP Challenge Grantees
2024 AARP Challenge In 2024, HarvestShare was awarded a grant from the AARP for its mission to combat food insecurity. We provide seniors with the opportunity to volunteer in our grow-to-donate “Giving Garden” which supports Nourishing Bethesda, a food assistance provider that distributes food and fresh produce to a population that is over 25 % […]