Rosalinda Sauro Sirianni Garden 

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Volunteer sign up is open!

Monday, August 26 – Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024

North Hills Community Outreach’s (NHCO) Rosalinda Sauro Sirianni Garden is a volunteer, community-supported organic garden. In our fiscal year 2022 we harvested 4,433 pounds of produce that was distributed at our food pantries.

At North Hills Community Outreach, we serve over 1,000 families per year with our three food pantries. We strive to provide the best food we can to our clients. Quality food is often expensive, and so the ability to provide low-income families the opportunity to eat well is the driving force behind the hard work that is poured into the Rosalinda Sauro Sirianni Memorial Garden.

Since our first growing season in 2011, we added 23 fruit trees donated by the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation, a high tunnel that extends the growing season and a strawberry patch. We also added an apiary so that honeybees, which are essential to organic gardening, can pollinate our crops. Also, we have raised beds, a rain water catchment and irrigation system, large compost bins, a rain garden, geocache, and a bioswale.

The Rosalinda Sauro Sirianni Garden is located:
119 Davis Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15202
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Questions about the garden? Please contact:
Kate Robson
Garden Coordinator
412-487-6316 x3311
kerobson@nhco.org

Volunteer

Individuals, families, community clubs, church groups, youth organizations and companies all contribute to the success of NHCO Gardens. Everyone is welcome! No experience is necessary. On-the-job training, supervision and all necessary gardening equipment and supplies are provided. We need help every week of the growing season spring through fall to plant, water, weed and especially harvest the bounty.

Building the Bioshelter

During a typical summer growing season, 4,500 pounds of produce is harvested then distributed at our food pantries. We can grow more with a bioshelter, a complex greenhouse that uses the sun’s power to nurture an indoor ecosystem. Utilizing renewable resources, the bioshelter will allow NHCO to expand food production year-round and provide an educational resource to all our visitors.

We estimate the bioshelter will help us provide an additional 1,000 pounds of healthy fruits and vegetables each year to give to our clients.

NHCO’s new bioshelter will:

  • Allow cold-hardy vegetables to grow in the winter and then distributed at our food pantries.

  • Help produce vegetable seedlings that are given to clients so that they can grow fresh produce at home.

  • Provide a space to propagate edible perennials and culinary herbs.

  • Include an incinerating toilet, an environmentally friendly replacement for the existing porta-john.

  • Host educational workshops, demonstrations, and learning projects.

We estimate NHCO's bioshelter will cost $425,000. Because of several generous donors, we are already close to our goal. Would you please help us bring this project to life by donating below and clicking “Bioshelter” as you designation?

Education

We provide a variety of educational opportunities including garden tours, workshops and internships for all age groups. Topics include food insecurity, nutrition, sustainable growing practices, seed starting, cooking and more!

Interested in partnering with NHCO Gardens and learning more about educational opportunities? Contact:
Kate Robson
Garden Coordinator
412-487-6316 x 3311
kerobson@nhco.org