The Production Veggie Garden is our largest garden. All the produce grown there goes to the Tri-State Food Bank for distribution to soup kitchens and food pantries in Vanderburgh and Warrick counties.

We select vegetables based on their suitability and yield in our climate, their popularity with Food Bank clients, and post-harvest keeping qualities. Trials of different vegetable cultivars are conducted to determine those most desirable to grow. In 2009 we planted broccoli, cabbage, beets, onions, green beans, cucumbers, squash, cantaloupe, watermelon, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, turnips, and sweet potatoes. Succession plantings are used to maximize the yield and extend the harvest.

Over 8000 pounds of fresh veggies were delivered to the Food Bank in 2009. (Garden sponsored by Jason White MD.)

The Vegetable Demo Garden serves to show homeowners how to grow vegetables in a small space or in an area with poor soil or bad drainage. The vegetables are intensively planted in a raised bed system filled with soil that has been amended with compost and aged manure.

Vegetables grown there include cabbage, spinach, lettuce, pak choi, green beans, tomatoes, okra, eggplants, sweet potatoes, peanuts, onions, radishes, carrots and beets.