Everyone Should Have Access to Healthy Food
Utilizing an Americorp/Arkansas Garden Corp grant, the Samaritan Garden was established in 2014 on the Rogers SCC site. Utilizing additional funding from local family and corporate foundations, we have expanded the garden to 15,000 square feet including a commercial greenhouse complete with a hydroponic growing system to produce lettuce year-round.
“It has been wonderful to see the community support of Samaritan Garden,” says Debbie Rambo, Executive Director. “A local family chose to honor their matriarch this year by planting an apple orchard containing 36 trees in her memory. When mature, these trees will produce literally tons of apples for our clients!”
The fresh produce harvested from Samaritan Garden is cooked and served in our cafés, and available to clients who shop our market food pantries in both Rogers and Springdale.
We expect to harvest in excess of 10,000 pounds of fresh produce this upcoming year.
13,553
lbs of produce harvested and distributed through Samaritan Market & used in preparing Samaritan Cafe meals
HOW TO HELP
In-Kind Donations
Our garden and volunteers need bagged peat, compost, soil, mulch, two-wheeled wheelbarrow, rakes, shovels, hand tools.
Donations may be dropped off at the SCC administrative offices
1211 West Hudson Road
Rogers, AR
M-TH 8:30am – 4:30pm & FR 8:30am – Noon
Volunteers
The Samaritan Garden is always in need of volunteers – no gardening experience necessary and Monday-Wednesday or Fridays and Saturdays during the morning hours are available.
“At the Samaritan Community Center, we believe that our client families should not just have access to food but it should be healthy food of high quality. Those living on fixed or limited incomes often have to purchase the least expensive food items they can find, and these food items are typically not fresh vegetables and fruit.”
Megan Thomas
Garden Coordinator