– Sandy and Stacey from Peace Portal Alliance Church

For 2 years, a few of us dreamed about a vegetable garden on our church’s campus—after the 2-day seminar hosted at A Rocha called ‘The Plot Thickens,” we felt equipped and inspired to break ground.

Supplied with a generous donation of plants and seeds from local nursery West Coast Gardens, Shaun Gaynor, Stacy Dryfhout, Kim Martin, and Sandy Colero, together with a handful of other young adults at Peace Portal Alliance, built three experimental garden beds on June 1st in order to grow food for the local food bank.

The combination of tending the garden and working together has turned out to be a highlight of the summer for many of us—as the vegetables have grown and flourished, so have our friendships. Thus far, the Sources Food Bank in South Surrey has also been very ecstatic about our lettuce, spinach, onions, radishes, and cucumbers, treating these organic veggies like gold. And there’s so much more to come!