We are helping neighbors grow & share healthy food & relationships!
Here is a link to the Garden Connections Map 🙂
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We collaborate with a wide variety of community partners to help neighbors of diverse backgrounds to grow & share healthy food & relationships.
Our primary goal is healthy relationships (including with every member of the environment). Our primary means to that end is increasing access to healthy food. Our primary program is starting and expanding communally tended gardens that are hyper-localized, co-designed, organic, and regenerative. Our long-term vision is to see all local neighbors treating the whole community of creation more like family. We are cultivating an ecosystem where fresh expressions of healthy community can take root, grow, thrive, and multiply. Our practices will particularly increase food access, waste reduction, environmental care, and community development.
GN in the News
Growing Neighbors in the News
The Spokesman-Review on GN Growing Food & Community: January, 2026
The Spokesman-Review on the Sn̓k̓ʷan̓ɬqtn̓ Community Garden: October, 2025
The Inlander on Tour de Farms & Harvest Swap: September, 2025
The Inlander on Spring Gardening: April, 2025
New Story Spokane Podcast: November, 2024
Difference Makers, Spokesman Review: December, 2023
The Inlander on Food Delivery: August, 2023
PICCE Community Engagement Institute Bob Talk: May, 2023
Rocks to Roots Podcast: October, 2021
Programs
Community Gardens
At the heart of Growing Neighbors is the Community Gardens, whether in family yards, schools or empty lots.
Communal Meals
Neighbors helping neighbors through sharing knowledge, produce and love in local communities.
Workshops
Workshops on gardening, cooking, art and more are organized on a seasonal basis for all ages.
Sustainable food deliveries
Partnering with local food banks/distributors to share food that is already in the neighborhood.
Little Free Pantries
Take what you need. Give what you can. Growing Neighbors builds, fills and supports Little Free Pantries.
Sharing at Markets
Growing Neighbors shares healthy produce at two different farmers’ markets in Spokane.
- Equitable Access to Food
- Organic, Edible Gardens
- Little Free Pantries
- Food Delivery (including via bicycle)
- Community Composting
- Workshops on cooking, gardening, & low-waste arts and crafts
- Developing Resource Sharing Hubs
- Free Meals and Neighborly Gatherings
- Farmers’ Markets & Community Events
- Community Conversations, including re: Growing Sustainable Housing Villages
Help Us Grow!
Contact Information
PO Box 9372
Spokane, WA 99209-9372
541-286-5059
growingneighbors509@gmail.com
Growing Neighbors is a non-profit, fiscally sponsored by Smith-Barbieri.
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