Grow Your Own
Helping families grow their own fresh food while building a community of growers who care about their health, the environment, and community well-being.
About Grow your Own
Grow Your Own (GYO) is a gardening program for everyone – from someone growing for the first time to seasoned market gardeners. It is a needs-based program, meaning it is focused on helping families gain knowledge, networks, and their own fresh food. Grow Your Own folks grow for themselves, their neighbors, food pantries, and the market.
Every year around January, applications open for approximately 25 spaces. Since this is a needs-based program, selection for participation is based on specific criteria. Plus, folks who apply but are not selected can still attend workshops virtually.
What we ask of you-
🌱 To be in the program, we ask that you live within 25 miles of Abingdon. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out!
🌱 Our classes will be once a month at 6 pm in person at a local community center. At every class, we will provide additional free supplies to participants when they submit their harvest records. This will be the amount measured in the grocery bag full of each type of produce you harvested that month.
🌱 We will also ask that you submit a small writing about your experience and how it has assisted you in gardening for our website blog!
Good luck, applicants!
What are the benefits of growing your own food?
Reduced grocery bill, controlling your nutrition, being outside…
Most of our 2023 GYO participants had very specific reasons for learning to grow their own food. We interviewed some of them – Kayla and Chandler, Janet and Herb, and Terra – and realized that although their stories are different, they all found so many of the same benefits.
Member Onboarding Materials
Get Involved
Stay in the know by joining the Grow Your Own mailing list.
Show your support for the Grow Your Own program by donating!
Learn more about growing your own on the Grow Appalachia blog.
Contact The Program coordinator
Joe Kohn
Agriculture Education and Enrollment Coordinator
jkohn@asdevelop.org
276.623.1121
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