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Click above to tell us how you'd like to join this effort. Click below for more about our monthly volunteer coffee.

Click above for more about the Mobile Farmers Market that is taking fresh produce to Charlotte-Mecklenburg's "food deserts."

Friendship Gardens Charlotte

Creating community around local food traditions; growing healthy food, making it available to all, especially those with limited access; and sharing knowledge and passion for sustainable food production.

An Initiative of Slow Food Charlotte and Friendship Trays, Inc.

Friendship Trays
2401-A Distribution St. Charlotte, NC 28203
voice 704-333-9229 fax 704-333-5947
Meals-on-wheels in Charlotte-Mecklenburg

Delivering, in a caring and friendly manner, balanced meals to individuals in this community who are unable, because of age or infirmity, to obtain and prepare their own meal.

Friendship Trays is a 501(c)(3) organization. Employer ID #56-1201496. Financial information about this organization and a copy of its license are available from the State Solicitation Licensing Branch at 919-807-2000. The license is not an endorsement by the State.

Spring prep work

Feb. 11, 2012

A pickup-load of good dirt is the starting point for spring prep work in the raised beds at Matthews Presbyterian Church on Saturday morning.

If there's a Friendship Garden in your area (see list here) and you'd like to be getting your fingers in the dirt, e-mail Henry Owen and he will put you in touch with the volunteers who tend that garden.

8th Street garden puts down roots

Click picture for more on the latest Friendship Garden.

Home Depot donates seeds

Jan. 27, 2012

Many thanks to Sylvester Johnson and Home Depot Store #3639 at 9501 Albemarle Rd. for leading Team Home Depot in donating over 800 packets of vegetable seeds and seed starting trays to Friendship Gardens. These supplies will be used in the Friendship Gardens network to teach gardening and grow food that is donated to Friendship Trays.

Announcing
the Volunteer Coffee

Monthly on the 4th Tuesday

8:30-9:30 a.m.

at Friendship Trays

Join us for the next coffee on Tuesday, Feb. 28.

Plug your skills into this mission. Click above for more.

Fresh veggies

are a hit

Dec. 30, 2011

Happy New Year to everyone!

The collard greens and black-eyed peas (some from the prison garden) went out in trays to Friendship Trays recipients today.

I was lucky to be able to deliver two routes and WOW: People expressed such gratitude for having a traditional New Year's meal, especially one that had fresh produce.

Pamela, one of the recipients, told me that collards are her favorite and she had noticed that the vegetables tasted much fresher than the canned veggies she eats when she is able to prepare a quick meal for herself.

What an amazing validation of our mission with Friendship Gardens.

THANK YOU and BLESS YOU for all you do!

Kathy Metzo, Garden Coordinator

Getting ready

Posted Dec. 11, 2011

"The folks at Trinity Presbyterian are planting their first Friendship Garden this spring and they are already started on the bed prep," writes Garden Coordinator Henry Owen.

Trinity's garden plots are now covered in mulch thanks to John Arant, Jim Hambacher and Gary Sugg. Trinity had some rich mulch on the property and with Jim's trailer, they were able to get it all out in 2 hours.

One plot was left incomplete to allow for soccer play until their season ends in late January.

Thanks John, Jim and Gary!!