St. Michael Food Bank Garden

April. We work on Tuesday mornings for about 2 hours. Once harvest 
starts, usually mid-July, we also work on Friday mornings and harvest 
twice a week through September. We clean produce as needed, pack in 
boxes and deliver to the food bank. In 2025 we delivered more than 
3,500 pounds of vegetables to the Snohomish Food Bank. Our growing 
methods are organic and sustainable. We compost the garden’s green 
waste and the leaves brought to us every fall by parishioners.

     Growing beds are mulched, paths are wood chipped, and there is an automatic 
drip irrigation system to handle watering. The Food Bank directs the crops that 
we grow and typical ones are peas, beans, beets, carrots, potatoes, summer 
squash, corn, tomatoes and cucumbers. In the “off” season (fall, 
winter, early spring) we schedule a few work days for clearing out old 
flower beds, spreading wood chips and planting cover crops.

For more information or to volunteer, please email stmichaelgarden8@gmail.com