Kids
Non-profit uses gardening to impact Dallas students
Thank you, Sonia Azad of WFAA for sharing the story of the POP Garden at Bayles Elementary! Follow link to watch the segment: Non-profit uses gardening to impact Dallas students, March 9. 2017
Events
Here Comes the Sun menu announced!
Join us as The Promise of Peace Community Gardens celebrates the installation of three new sites and launches its “Seed to Soul” programming to provide equal access to REAL food and better lives for all! Sunday, March 12, 6:00 Parigi Restaurant 3311 Oak Lawn Dallas, TX 75219 Click to Buy Tickets This Read more…
Activities
SMU Mustang Heroes
The SMU Mustang Heroes have volunteered at the POP Gardens since 2010. They returned for the spring season this February and dug right in planting cabbage, onions, and some radish seeds and added soil to the plots. These young leaders are striving to make the planet a better place by Read more…
Uncategorized
P.O.P. Seed to Soul
The Promise of Peace (P.O.P.) Gardens was established in 2009 as an effort to bring diverse groups of people together on common ground while connecting to nature and learning to grow REAL food and then to celebrate that food as we shared the harvest. The mission of P.O.P. is to create equal access to Read more…
Fundraising
The LOT Loves East Dallas Month and Promise Peace Gardens
The LOT is celebrating its 4th Anniversary by making February “The LOT Loves East Dallas” month. They have chosen 16 schools and organizations that have been vital to their success and are giving back. The Promise of Peace Garden’s GIVE-BACK Day is Monday, February 20th. The LOT will donate 15% of all food Read more…
Events
Here Comes the Sun
Join us as The Promise of Peace Community Gardens celebrates the installation of three new sites and launches its “Seed to Soul” programming to provide equal access to REAL food and better lives for all! Sunday, March 12, 4:00 Parigi Restaurant 3311 Oak Lawn Dallas, TX 75219 Click to Buy Tickets This Read more…
Media
KERA reports on MLK Day of Service at P.O.P. Bayles Garden
North Texans Embrace MLK Day Of Service: Focusing On ‘The We’ Instead of ‘The Me’ …. A New And Improved Garden The kids at Bayles Elementary are hardly going to recognize their school garden on the other side the of the holiday weekend. It’s now a third larger– and there’s a Read more…
Education
Jingle Bayles
This is how POP shares knowledge – with interest and consistent interaction – no one does it better! Jingle Bayles was an epic demonstration of what could be on our plates at schools, churches and all gatherings! Eight Chefs prepared and served farm to table tastings for 600 at Bayles Read more…
Farm Managers
Meet Sasha West, Farm Manager
Sasha West grew up on a ranchette in Krum, Texas, where her family practiced sustainable farming and ranching. She is currently a senior biology major at Texas Woman’s University interested in conservation, sustainability, and permaculture, and is very excited to share what she’s learn
NOT home
Meet Ace Gonzalez, Farm Manager
Acenette Gonzalez (“Ace “) grew up in East Dallas. She has been gardening with her dad since she was a little girl. When she graduated from CIA she began her culinary career working in farm to table restaurants from Austin to Dallas