Get Healthy DeSoto embraces the concept of community gardening and has established an herb and vegetable garden. We believe this benefits individuals, local restaurant establishments, and the community.
We enthusiastically invite you to take part!
Our raised bed community garden is coming together! We now have four raised beds, several dozen large pots, and eight hanging baskets filled with soil for planting. We also have a fun new sandbox for the kids as well as a picnic table for patrons to enjoy. We still have two raised beds, a greenhouse, an irrigation system, and lots of trellises, cages, and garden equipment to roll out, and we need help from the community! Managers from the market have received a grant from the Jefferson Foundation to buy more garden supplies, and we are pursuing additional funding and support. We plan to use this space to grow food for local food pantries as well as our annual Farm to Table Dinner, and to develop gardening classes for schools and senior centers. This will be a wonderful resource for the DeSoto and surrounding communities, especially since the herb garden at Vineland Elementary was taken out. What would you like to see from this new opportunity? Email Cara at [email protected] if you have ideas, would like to volunteer for garden workdays, or if you can donate soil, seeds, plants, amendments, or garden supplies. We look forward to developing this space as an asset to the market and everyone in our community!
Lavender Cookies!
Simple Recipe for Chamomile Tea!
Support the Garden
There are multiple ways to support the garden, and we hope you’ll consider them all! You can financially support the garden by sending a tax-deductible donation to 520 N. Main St, DeSoto, MO 63020.
We are also accepting donations of new and gently used gardening equipment, soil, seeds, and fertilizer to get the garden going for the 2026 growing season.
Consider volunteering at the market garden. You can volunteer to help out at the garden on any Mondays during the growing season. Our first workday will be March 9th at 1pm. When the weather gets hot, we will shift to 8 AM! If you’re uncertain about being the newbie, please contact Morgan. She’ll get you acclimated to the tribe.