Organization in Temple Seeks Help to Get Community Garden Project Going

A collaboration between Christ Church, Temple, and nonprofit “Un-Included Club” seeks to help teach families the importance of healthy food through the creation of an urban garden.

The nonprofit announced its partnership with the church in February 2022 as the church donated land to the club to start the Main Street Community Garden, 301 N. Main St. Un-Included supports projects and programs that inspire humans to be un-included from habits and lifestyles that lead to “un-wellness in ourselves, our families and our communities,” according to its website.

Last spring, Doree Collins, Un-Included Club executive director, urged area benefactors to donate in order to have the ingredients needed to focus on the garden’s growth–tools, nutrients and water.

Foremost, Collins called on local residents to sponsor a garden plot and regularly tend to it as the spring planting season began.

In addition to providing produce, the alliance between Christ Church and Un-Included intends to teach children the importance of healthy food.

(This story was broadcasted by KWTX-TV in Temple, Texas in 2022.)