The Big Garden

06/18/2025

It’s National Pollinator Week 2025! 🐝🌼 Time to show some love to the bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other hardworking pollinators that keep our gardens—and food supply—thriving. These tiny heroes help pollinate over 75% of flowering plants and more than a third of the food we eat. Without them, we’d have fewer fruits, veggies, nuts, and flowers. 🌽🍓🌻

05/23/2025

⚠️ATTENTION PLEASE:

➡️ It has been brought to our attention that we gave you incorrect information! GIve to Lincoln Days runs through May 29, which is next Thursday!

🌱 Help us grow our reach by donating today!

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🌧️April Showers bring May... SURPRISES! 🌻

📍 We are excited to announce that our reach is expanding to Lincoln, Nebraska! One of our goals for 2025 is to grow into new communities, and we are diving head first into the Lincoln area by merging Southern Heights Food Forest into The Big Garden. To ensure the success of this merge, we need your help! Give To Lincoln Days begins TODAY and runs through the end of the month.

🗞️Over time, as Southern Heights Food Forest becomes an integrated branch of our organization, we will bring you updates of our progress, via our newsletter, in our new endeavor. For now, donate through the link below to ensure Southern Heights Food Forest has the needed support for us to forge a new path ahead in a new and exciting place! Monies raised through Give to Lincoln Days will be used exclusively for the Lincoln area activities.

https://shorturl.at/DTw36

05/21/2025

🌱 Help grow something good in your neighborhood!

The Big Garden's Community Garden Sponsorship program lets local businesses and individuals support gardens that provide fresh food to those in need. From supplying plants and soil to expanding garden spaces, every sponsorship level makes a difference. Plus, sponsors get on-site signage and shoutouts in our reports and social media.

Learn more and get involved at biggarden.org/community-garden-sponsorship

05/19/2025

The Big Garden staff wants to send a heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone of you who supported us in making our 9th annual plant sale a huge success!

In years past, we have offered a bonus online week for any remaining seedlings, but we were cleaned out almost entirely! We are eternally grateful to everyone who partakes in our efforts to continue carrying out our mission.

See you all next year 😉

05/13/2025

Online shopping on our FINAL online Tuesday is in full swing!

🍓Our pick to highlight for today are our delicious strawberries! While they don't bear fruit on the first year, they are 100% worth the effort and wait for the fruits that show in year two!🍓

Shop online until 8pm tonight and pick up your orders at your convenience on our campus (5602 Read Street) between 3pm and 6pm tomorrow.

05/09/2025

It is a beautiful day again! The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and our plants are ready for YOUR garden!

Visit our camps today from 9-2, or tomorrow from 9-2, and get all your plants for your garden. We have a wide and healthy variety of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and so much more!

We are located at 5602 Read Street. Look for the SALE flags and you'll know you're in the right place.

See you soon!

05/08/2025

🌻Plants on plants on plants! 🪴

Come see our lovely campus on this lovely, sunny day, and gather all your veggies for summer growing! 🫜

☀️ We are located at 5602 Read Street and our gates will be open 9a-2p today, tomorrow, and Saturday! ☀️

05/07/2025

Online ordering is done for the week! It was such a beautiful day, and your plants got a good drink of water!

If you ordered online, your plants will be ready for pickup this afternoon from 3 pm to 6 pm at our campus (5602 Read Street).

In-person shopping will be available from 9 am to 2 pm tomorrow (also Friday and Saturday!)

See you soon!

05/05/2025

Our online plant sale shop is officially open through tomorrow at 8pm, with curbside pickup happening Wednesday on our campus (5602 Read Street) , from 3-6pm!

We bet you've been curious about a tomato that has chocolate in the name. No, don't worry, it won't taste like your favorite treat or snack.

Tasmanian Chocolate tomatoes are best enjoyed raw, particularly in salads or sliced for sandwiches due to their rich, meaty texture and sweet, well-balanced flavor. They can also be used in salsas or canned. For cooking, they can be used in sauces, canning, or even fried.

05/02/2025

Happy Friday, everyone! We are excited to see your faces today and tomorrow for in-person shopping! We are located at 5602 Read Street, and will be open from 9a-2p today and tomorrow!

As you peruse the wide varieties of peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc., that we have available for the taking, consider this week's Staff favorite (which also happens to be the seed of the year), the Fish Pepper!

Fish peppers can be used in a variety of ways, from adding a vibrant kick to seafood dishes to creating delicious sauces and preserves. They can be diced into salsas, pickled, dried, or ground into a powder for use in marinades and other dishes.

05/01/2025

🌧️April Showers bring May... SURPRISES! 🌻

📍 We are excited to announce that our reach is expanding to Lincoln, Nebraska! One of our goals for 2025 is to grow into new communities, and we are diving head first into the Lincoln area by merging Southern Heights Food Forest into The Big Garden. To ensure the success of this merge, we need your help! Give To Lincoln Days begins TODAY and runs through the end of the month.

🗞️Over time, as Southern Heights Food Forest becomes an integrated branch of our organization, we will bring you updates of our progress, via our newsletter, in our new endeavor. For now, donate through the link below to ensure Southern Heights Food Forest has the needed support for us to forge a new path ahead in a new and exciting place! Monies raised through Give to Lincoln Days will be used exclusively for the Lincoln area activities.

https://shorturl.at/DTw36

Help us with our giving day event!