Synopsis In 2019 a planting plan was created to assist first time gardeners and to better utilize garden plots to increase food production. Following the implementation of the planting plan in January of 2020, vegetable production increased by 43%.  The following year it increased by another 47%. Background The Coppell Community Garden, located in Coppell, Texas, was established as a mission garden in 1998, and we have been learning, growing, expanding, and donating since our inception.  We grow our produce organically and donate it to our local food pantry.  As of 2021, approxi ..read more

For the year 2021, the Coppell Community Garden Program donated an annual total of 30,727 pounds of fresh, organic vegetables to the Metrocrest Services food pantry in Carrollton, Texas. This was the first time in the 24 year history of the volunteer program to exceed a 30,000 pound annual donation total and marked the fifth year in a row of increasing annual donations. The 2021 donation total represents a 17% increase over 2020 which itself was an all-time record and represented a 30% increase over 2019, also a record year. The post Coppell Community Garden Program Achieves Another Historic M ..read more

As of the end of October, 2021, the Coppell Community Garden Program surpassed a cumulative total of 300,000 pounds of donations of fresh, organic vegetables to the Metrocrest Services food pantry in Carrollton, Texas. The volunteer program was begun in 1998 and now has three gardens in Coppell. The program began with gardens next to the Coppell Town Center and the Coppell Post Office. The program surpassed 100,000 pounds of donations in 2009 in its eleventh year. The program surpassed 200,000 pounds of donations in 2017. The third garden in the program, next to the Coppell Senior and Communit ..read more

New shelving and LED grow lights The Coppell Community Garden program has completed a project to expand the capacity of our greenhouse. The new shelving and LED grow lights (pictured) provide 120 square feet of space to grow transplants. The expansion has increased the capacity of the greenhouse by 67% compared to the previous configuration. The Coppell Community Garden greenhouse grows region- and season-appropriate transplants year-round for all three of the Coppell Community Gardens in Coppell, all of the Coppell ISD school gardens and to raise funds to help continue the mission of the prog ..read more

The Coppell Community Garden program will hold it’s annual fall plant sale on September 4, 2021 at the Coppell Farmers Market. All proceeds will go directly to the Coppell Community Garden program to grow fresh, healthy organic vegetables to be donated to the Metrocrest Services food pantry in Carrollton. If you need region and season appropriate vegetables to get your fall garden started right this year we plan to have bok choy, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, collards, kale, lettuce, and Swiss chard available at the plant sale. All of these transplants have been started in our greenhouse and ..read more

Transplants from our greenhouse planted from late summer into the winter have provided a big boost to all of our gardens through this winter. Late January provided some large cauliflower among other vegetables. The post Greenhouse transplants boost winter garden productivity appeared first on Coppell Community Garden ..read more

The very first batch of 4,800+ transplants for the 2020 season have been distributed to the Coppell Community Gardens and Coppell ISD school gardens from our greenhouse. These transplants are oriented towards cold-hardy winter vegetables. This first batch of transplants for 2020 reflects lessons learned during our inaugural season of greenhouse production in 2019. They represent a 60% increase in the size a single batch in the greenhouse from the last batch of 2019. The next batch of spring vegetables are already well on their way to being ready. Included are eggplant, lettuce, peppers and tom ..read more

The Coppell Community Garden program has set a new annual donation record and surpassed another milestone in cumulative donations as of the end of 2019. At 20,328 pounds, our total annual donation for 2019 surpassed 20,000 pounds for the first time in the twenty-one year history of the garden program. Our largest garden, Ground Delivery (next to the Coppell Post Office), contributed 9,171 pounds to the total. Our newest garden, Old Town (next to the Coppell Senior Center), set a record with 5,691 pounds donated. The Helping Hands garden (located in the Coppell Town Center) contributed 5,467 p ..read more

This week students and teachers at Coppell ISD Pinkerton Elementary school harvested their first batch of green vegetables supplied as transplants from the Coppell Community Garden greenhouse. The harvest was taken to the school’s kitchen. There the greens were made into kale smoothies for the students. Coppell ISD is participating in a federal program designed to encourage students to grow and consume fresh vegetables to learn more about healthy eating and locally sourced fresh food. The Coppell Community Garden progam supports Coppell ISD gardens in a number of ways, one of which is supply ..read more

The final planned batch of 2,300+ transplants for 2019 are now being distributed to the Coppell Community Gardens and Coppell ISD school gardens from our greenhouse. These transplants are oriented towards fall crops: beets, bok choy, carrots and turnips. A prior distribution of over 3,000 transplants was completed in September. This brings the total production of the greenhouse for the 2019 season to over 7,000 transplants since beginning operation in July. Following distribution of this batch of transplants, the greenhouse will be taken out of production briefly for cleaning in preparation fo ..read more