Grow A Row

Every year, dozens of farmers and gardeners plant and grow an extra row for donation. Loving Spoonful volunteers deliver this harvest directly to more than 40 local agencies and 18 Fresh Food Market Stands in our community, creating thousands of healthy meals each growing season.

Join us! If you have an extra row or patch in your garden, plant some seeds and grow for your community.

Come visit us from June through October at the following locations:

Downtown Kingston Public Market: Saturday 1–5 pm
Memorial Centre Farmers’ Market: Sunday 9 am – 2 pm
Sydenham Street United Church (right side door):
- Tues & Fri 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
- Wed & Thurs 10:00 am - 12 noon

BONUS: The Rideau 1000 Island Master Gardeners often staff our Saturday Kingston Public Market booth – just to answer all of your tricky gardening questions. We’re so happy to partner with them. So stop by – bring questions, vegetables or just your friendly hellos!

If you are interested in volunteering as a Grow A Row Market Booth Ambassador, running the Loving Spoonful booth at the markets, collecting donated produce and engaging market-goers, click here to join the team!

Be a Volunteer Ambassador!

We are really glad to have Loving Spoonful doing the great work that they are doing. There is always a certain amount of seconds at the end of the market day. To organize the reclamation and distribution of seconds is beyond our means as farmers. It is wonderful to have Loving Spoonful provide an essential service that bridges the gap between farmers to local meal programs. To see perishable produce that is left over at the end of the market day be distributed directly to people and not go to waste is so valuable.

~~Ian Stutt~~

~~Patchwork Gardens~~

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Grow A Row Donors

Amherst Island
Baycrest Farms
Bellevue House National Historic Site
Burnt Hills Farm
Burnt Tree Farm
Calvin Park Community Garden
CFB Community Garden
Farewell Farms
Fat Chance Farmstead
Flair Hair Studios
Forman Farms
Fosterholm Farms
Freedom Farms
Frontenac Cycle
GROW Project Gardens
Honeywagon Farms
Intercall West
Irisa's Produce
Kelly's Gourmet Mushrooms
KFL&A Public Health
Kingston Federal Liberals
Kingston Integrated Healthcare
Kitchen Garden
Lakeside Community Garden
Long Road Ecological Farm

Loyalist Larder
John Poland, Lunch By George
Main Street Market
McLean Park Community Garden
McLean Trail Community Garden
Mensen Farm
Ministry of Health
Patchwork Gardens
Ravensfield Farm
Real Food
Robinson Community Garden
Root Radical
Roots Down
Rowberry Resources
Salt of the Earth
Simple Country Pleasures
Sims Animal Hospital
Sheep Shelf
Sunnyside Community Garden
Startek
Sunset Farms
Sydenhan Street United Church
Topsy Farm
Vera's Veggies and Fruits
Wynn Farms

+ more than 120 generous home gardeners like Gord Thompson, John Poland, Sally Bowen, Matt Saunders, Diane Marshall and Jeff Piker! Thank you!

We are grateful to our 2019 Grow A Row Sponsors for their support: