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“I have given you every plant with seeds on the face of the earth and every tree that has fruit with seeds. This will be your food.” Genesis 1:29

How much difference can a seed make? Ask Hope in Haiti and the millions of other children in families around the world who live without enough food to eat, without a sustainable source of income, and who may not know Jesus Christ.

How much difference can a seed make? When you support the Giving Gardens project, you can make a world of difference! Your gift to Giving Gardens supports the distribution of climate and cultural appropriate seeds, training, planting and harvesting of gardens in Haiti and other countries around the world. Perhaps the most important gift you are giving is the seed of faith being planted and nurtured through the work of teachers and missionaries.

Every $500 donated to Giving Gardens supports:

• Garden seeds that can produce nutritious vegetables and fruits will feed many families.  Vegetables and fruits can transform sick and malnourished children into healthy and energetic boys and girls.
• Surplus food from the gardens is sold to earn money for other kinds of food, for clothing, for medicine and for education.
• Seeds from the produce may be collected and used for the next season’s crop.
• Seeds of faith that are planted in young people through special garden schools, similar to vacation bible school, taught by trained teachers and missionaries.

How much difference can a seed make? We invite you to “plant” a Giving Garden with your school, Vacation Bible School, Sunday School, small group, etc., and find out! We thank you for what you do to care for God’s children throughout the world. Giving Gardens offers you another way to share the love of Christ in a hungry world.

View the resources available for the Giving Gardens Project

Order materials for the Giving Gardens Project
Materials are available to ship within the United States only.

This Wheat Ridge Ministries Hearts for Jesus project is a partnership with Hope Seeds, Inc., Bradenton, Florida. Hope Seeds is a Christian, charitable organization which provides seeds and agricultural support to missionaries and mission teams throughout the world. It is the goal of Hope Seeds that no person on earth should be hungry for lack of seed.

Wheat Ridge Ministries is a charitable organization with roots in the Lutheran Church that provides support for new church-related health and human care ministries – and we have been doing so for more than 100 years! It is our desire that all people experience wellness of body, mind and spirit made possible in Christ Jesus.

Special thanks to Sheryl Duff, St. John's Lutheran School, Wheaton, Illinois, for her wonderful work in developing the materials for the Giving Gardens Project!

Listen to a KFUO radio interview and learn more about Giving Gardens...