E.A.T. South
E.A.T. South is Montgomery’s Urban Teaching Farm. This farm was approved as a CCMGA project on December 8, 2020.
The Farm is part of the City Parks Department but the educational aspect is a nonprofit which is funded by donations and grants. It was started in 2012 and has grown to include a greenhouse, more than 2500 square feet of vegetable production space (raised beds and containers), fruit trees, a large apiary, chicken coop, dye garden and community compost system. In a non-covid year, close to 3000 children learn about plants and healthy eating through field trips, after school programs and summer camps. Hundreds of adults participate in workshops, seed swaps, and volunteer projects. E.A.T. South grows all of its own transplants and donates hundreds of plants to community gardens as well as assisting the Master Gardener’s plant sale.
Master Gardeners have donated hundreds of hours primarily to educating children but also maintaining the garden and building wheelchair accessible garden beds.
February 2025 EAT South Workday
2nd Round of Starting Seeds for Plant Sale
Seed Starting Prep for Plant Sale and 1st Round of Seed Starting
January 2025 Seedy Saturday
EAT South held its’ eighth annual “Seedy Saturday” on January 11th for community members to come and get free seeds and resources for their home gardens. Click on the link below to see WSFA’s (Channel 12 TV NBC) news article about Seedy Saturday.
Click here to see the WSFA video about Seedy Saturday
Starting to reap the bounty and donate to GrowMore/GiveMore
May 2021
April 2021
Planting Demonstration Raised Bed with Square Foot Gardening and Row Planting
March 2021