GROWING NUTRITION:
Helping You Grow Fresh,
​Nutritious Produce for Your Health!

​In 2018 THRIVE! Southern Lorain County began a program -- “Growing Nutrition,” to encourage local residents to consume more fresh produce for their health.
 
The program involved giving elevated garden boxes to those who face physical challenges when gardening at ground level.
 
The program started out with 25 garden box recipients; it currently totals 69. This year THRIVE! is building an additional 16 garden boxes for new recipients. The boxes are 2' wide by 4' long by 32" high. 

The elevated garden box

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Boy Scout Troop 414

Wellington Boy Scout Troop 414 built this year’s boxes and delivered them to the new recipients in May. 

Those who still had boxes from previous years received a $20 coupon to Hook’s Greenhouse to purchase soil, seeds, seedlings or starter plants, or any equipment needed for their vegetable garden.
 
New box recipients were invited to pick up free seedlings at Wellington High School and had a chance to ask gardening questions of Ohio State University Extension's Master Gardener.

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Thank You, Organizations and Volunteers!
THRIVE! wishes to thank the following individuals and organizations for making Growing Nutrition
a resounding success: 

• Wellington Women’s League for supporting the purchase of garden boxes for new recipients
• Hook’s Greenhouse for helping contribute to the $20 coupons for garden supplies
• Lorain County Farm Bureau for donating soil (Miracle-Gro Raised Bed Soil) to new recipients
• Wellington Boy Scout Troop 414, and members of the Wellington United Methodist Men’s Group, for building the new boxes and distributing them to recipients
• Dave Lengyel, teacher and Observatory & Planetarium Coordinator at Oberlin College, for repairing older garden boxes and helping coordinate the Growing Nutrition Program
• Joyce C. Scott, Salvation Army human services worker, for helping enlist new recipients to the Program 

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