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Seedleaf Seedleaf exists to nourish communities by growing and sharing food in Lexington.

First up in our Women in Ag series is Dr. Maria Andrade. According to USDA’s website, “Dr. Maria Andrade’s research led ...
03/15/2025

First up in our Women in Ag series is Dr. Maria Andrade. According to USDA’s website, “Dr. Maria Andrade’s research led to the introduction of nine drought-tolerant varieties of sweet potatoes to farmers in Mozambique.” This research and education led to Dr. Andrade and her colleagues being able to bridge gaps and create sustainable international growing community with access to nutritious, local foods.

📸(Photo courtesy of the International Potato Center Sub Saharan Africa)

To ensure you are getting the BEST of the early spring plant starts, we have pushed our spring plant sale one week - on ...
03/14/2025

To ensure you are getting the BEST of the early spring plant starts, we have pushed our spring plant sale one week - on Friday, April 18th through Saturday, April 19th, you can shop at the greenhouse at Headwater Farm for perennial and annual flowers and vegetables for your garden. See you this spring!

Our Office and Garden Canine Specialist has been hard at work hanging up flyers for our spring event on April 26th at so...
03/13/2025

Our Office and Garden Canine Specialist has been hard at work hanging up flyers for our spring event on April 26th at some of our favorite local spots! We hope to see you there!🍃🫶 You can purchase a ticket in our Bio!

Welcome our Garden Manager!🍃🌻Mar Mendoza Cárdenas (they/them) is passionate about creating joyful educational spaces in ...
03/12/2025

Welcome our Garden Manager!🍃🌻Mar Mendoza Cárdenas (they/them) is passionate about creating joyful educational spaces in our living natural world. They studied horticulture at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where they recently finished a fellowship as well, in the Children’s Garden. For questions about garden volunteer activities and tool donations, please contact Mar by emailing [email protected]!!

We are so excited to cheer on Chef Paula Endara as she makes her Top Chef debut this Thursday at 9 PM — and we hope you’...
03/11/2025

We are so excited to cheer on Chef Paula Endara as she makes her Top Chef debut this Thursday at 9 PM — and we hope you’ll join us in supporting her journey! Paula has been making waves in the culinary world with her incredible talent, creativity, and passion for locally-sourced, farm-fresh ingredients — and we’re lucky to have her right here in Lexington, Kentucky.

We’re even more thrilled to share that Chef Paula will be the featured chef at our upcoming Spring Garden Party, where she will be crafting a delicious, Kentucky Proud meal using fresh produce grown in our very own community gardens. Every dish will highlight the rich flavors and bounty that Kentucky has to offer, and we can’t wait for you to experience it firsthand.

Our programs and community garden spaces aim to reduce barriers to access to healthy foods and work to create a robust, ...
03/11/2025

Our programs and community garden spaces aim to reduce barriers to access to healthy foods and work to create a robust, local food systems. As we work towards justice and liberation, we are feeding folks from all backgrounds and providing agricultural education. Thank you to our supporters for being along on this journey!

Image from United Way of the National Capitol Area.

🌱 Save the date for our Spring Plant Sale at Headwater Farm Greenhouse! We will have a variety of plant starts for folks...
03/07/2025

🌱 Save the date for our Spring Plant Sale at Headwater Farm Greenhouse! We will have a variety of plant starts for folks to purchase and get started on their spring garden at home. Mark your calendars for Friday, April 11th and Saturday, April 12th!

Our office and Garden Canine Specialist is all smiles while preparing the gardens for opening day on March 10th🐶 We hope...
03/06/2025

Our office and Garden Canine Specialist is all smiles while preparing the gardens for opening day on March 10th🐶 We hope to see you stop by at North Pole community garden from 1-6 for some tea and hot chocolate!🌻 🌷

Provide ongoing, sustainable support that helps Seedleaf maintain and expand community garden spaces, free you-pick orch...
03/06/2025

Provide ongoing, sustainable support that helps Seedleaf maintain and expand community garden spaces, free you-pick orchards, and food access initiatives.

Perennial club perks include: first access to our events, discounts on event tickets and merch. Sign up at link today: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/perennialclub

Celebrate the start of spring with our at North Pole 🥬 Join us in the garden on Monday, March 10th 1PM-5PM. We will pr...
03/05/2025

Celebrate the start of spring with our at North Pole 🥬 Join us in the garden on Monday, March 10th 1PM-5PM. We will provide you with all of the tools you’ll need PLUS giving away some free compost for any home gardeners. No RSVP required. See you in the garden!

Celebrate the start of spring with our at North Pole 🥬 Join us in the garden on Monday, March 10th 1PM-5PM. We will pr...
03/04/2025

Celebrate the start of spring with our at North Pole 🥬 Join us in the garden on Monday, March 10th 1PM-5PM. We will provide you with all of the tools you’ll need PLUS giving away some free compost for any home gardeners. No RSVP required. See you in the garden!

Have you heard? Seedleaf’s first annual spring garden party at London Ferrill is happening next month! Featuring Chef Pa...
03/03/2025

Have you heard? Seedleaf’s first annual spring garden party at London Ferrill is happening next month! Featuring Chef Paula Endara, a Top Chef contestant, and local produce, Ale8 inspired bourbon cocktails, and so much more. Grab a friend + grab a ticket at link below.

https://secure.qgiv.com/for/springgardenpartyeventform

A sneak peek from our February Seedleaf’s Agroforestry Program (SAP) meet-up! You never know what you may find… luckily ...
02/28/2025

A sneak peek from our February Seedleaf’s Agroforestry Program (SAP) meet-up! You never know what you may find… luckily for us, there was a lot of garlic bulbs sprouting in the fire pit and we collected to replant in our own gardens back at home.

Sign up for our March SAP meet-up next Saturday at Headwater Farm | 9AM-12PM. 🔗 in comments to sign up.

We are excited to bring you our first spring garden party @ London Ferrill Community Garden! This event is the perfect w...
02/25/2025

We are excited to bring you our first spring garden party @ London Ferrill Community Garden! This event is the perfect way to celebrate the beauty of spring 🪻 Tickets are available for purchase at link below.

https://secure.qgiv.com/for/springgardenpartyeventform

❄️ This week is your last chance to win a Winter Goodies Pack from Seedleaf! New email subscribers will automatically be...
02/24/2025

❄️ This week is your last chance to win a Winter Goodies Pack from Seedleaf! New email subscribers will automatically be entered. Winner announced on Monday, March 3rd. Link to subscribe: https://www.seedleaf.org/newsletter-signup

Whether we come together in the garden or around the kitchen table, our strength comes from connecting with each other. ...
02/20/2025

Whether we come together in the garden or around the kitchen table, our strength comes from connecting with each other. We are leaning into our community to support one another. Keep an eye out for exciting spring updates and subscribe to our newsletter to receive these updates straight to your inbox.

Our Canine + Garden Community Specialist stopped by the Northside branch of the Lexington Public Library to check out th...
02/18/2025

Our Canine + Garden Community Specialist stopped by the Northside branch of the Lexington Public Library to check out the seeds in our seed giveaway! There are plenty left, so come grab some before they’re gone!❤️🐶🌱

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Lexington, KY
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Our beloved London Ferrill is the last figure we will cover in our Black History in Agriculture series (for now!) London Ferrill was a formerly enslaved person, arriving a few miles outside of Lexington with his wife, who had bought his freedom in the early 1830s. After his wife’s death in 1833, Ferrill moved into Lexington and “eventually became the founder of the First Baptist Church for Colored People. which stood on the corner of East Short and Deweese Streets.” For more information about Ferrill, please visit the link in bio. Our London Ferrill Community Garden sits at 235 E Third Street and is the host site for our first annual Seedleaf Garden Party. We are delighted to share this event with you this spring. Keep your eye out for details to come.

Castlewood Park Orchard 🌳
Castlewood Park Orchard 🌳

Want to beat the apple orchard crowd this fall? Check out Seedleaf’s orchard at Castlewood Park! This free, you-pick space located right next to the playground at Castlewood Park is the perfect place for a day date or family fun. We hope you enjoy the persimmons this fall!

Our Market Gardener Program supports growers like Miranda. Can you give $25/month as a Perennial Club member? Link to donate - https://www.seedleaf.org/donations #midsummerfundraiser #seedleaf #givewhereyoulive #supportthecause

Support our work of cultivating young growers in the field. Link to donate - https://www.seedleaf.org/donations #midsummerfundraiser #Seedleaf #givewhereyoulive #SupportTheCause

Summer is here! ☀️ Help us in continuing to provide robust summer youth programming and gardening opportunities by donating to Seedleaf today. Link to donate ➡️ https://www.seedleaf.org/donations

Become a KY Gives Day advocate for Seedleaf! Set up your own fundraising page and share to your network of friends and family. Together, we can move our mission forward of nourishing communities through growing and sharing food. Get a head start on your donations by giving at this link https://www.kygives.org/organizations/seedleaf

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Make plans now to join us for a 4-week class in February to learn how plants will function and adapt to their new environment! Stay tuned for details, coming very soon!

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Seedleaf’s Mission

Seedleaf exists to nourish communities by growing and sharing food. More than ever, people lack connection. Seedleaf does its best work when neighbors share work and food and come together over common tasks and needs. As neighbors and volunteers join together in our 11 u-pick community gardens, they grow connections: to one another, to the soil, to their food, to themselves. These connections cultivate meaning and a sense of belonging. They bear untold fruit through the growing seasons to come.

But connected isn’t all Seedleaf works to address. Food insecurity throughout our service areas is common. Many Lexington residents live in what are called “food deserts,” places within a community where a concentrated number of households lack a car and are further than a half mile from a grocery store. Food insecurity and the inability to obtain healthy food puts adults and children at an increased risk for diabetes, obesity, malnutrition and many other diet-related health problems. We work to increase our neighbors' access to healthy food — one free, u-pick garden at a time.

Join us in the work. Sign up to be a patron or volunteer here.