How to Support Your Neighborhood Stand

25 items that- even you- can donate to a stand!

1. Zip lock bags, coin envelopes, pretty cleaned bottles for seed saving.

2. Paper egg cartons (no styrofoam or plastic) for making plant starts.

3. Upcycled items to make windchimes, plant tags (from aluminum cans), or plastic-wood labels for garden herbs.

4. Upcycle old plates/tea cups into decor or bee bath stations/homes, colorful plates to use as saucers, mugs.

5. Fresh fruit, herbs and edible plants from your gardens!

6. Farm fresh eggs if you have them to share.

7. Buckets or pots- some nurseries give their old pots away if you’re looking for a way to donate.

8. Seeds (saved from your garden or purchased) or from a local library (many libraries offer 3 packets per month).

9. Ask your local coffee shop for used grounds (some have buckets near the register, some places you have to ask).

10 A note with gardening advice, books or magazine clippings about gardening.

11. Origami seed packets or paper for seed envelopes (tutorials on YouTube!).

12. Cookies or baked items- be sure to package these accordingly, and be mindful of allergies.

13. Worm castings or red wiggles (garden worms).

14. Solar lights/string lights, holiday decorations, pine cones.

15. Sharpie pens for marking labels.

16. Your time helping a selected garden. Some companies match your time with funding.

17. Decor like garden art, bird houses, wind chimes, flower vase, old teapots.

18. Tongs for handling cactus, may be best if donated with owner’s knowledge so they can ensure they are attached to the stand correctly and not stolen.

19. Small rock or wood chips (bagged up)

20. Gloves, small pots, shovels that you might not be using.

21. Fertilizer, potting soil.

22. Baskets, wood or plastic containers for stand owners to use on their stands. Another item that may be best if donated with owner’s knowledge so they can ensure they are attached to the stand correctly and not stolen.

23. Painted rocks for lawn decor or paint for decorating rocks.

24. Squirt guns for kids so they can have fun watering the plants.

25. Notes of encouragement and love.