Media
POP Gardens wins R. S. Munger Business Pioneer Award
Read more here: https://lakewood.advocatemag.com/2019/08/21/chamber-of-commerce-business-awards/
Media
P.O.P. Wins 2019 Champion of Health, Texas Medical Association Foundation Award
Texas Medical Association Foundation Awards Local Garden Nonprofit 01/28/2019 | by Will Maddox Dallas nonprofit Promise of Peace Gardens has been awarded the 2019 John P. McGovern Champion of Health Award by the Texas Medical Association Foundation. Promise of Peace promotes gardening, nutrition, and giving in Dallas’ food deserts. The group earned the Read more…
Media
Dallas community gardens fulfill ‘promise’ made decade ago
Students show off the fruits of their labor at a Promise of Peace Garden in Dallas. Photos courtesy of Elizabeth Dry. Nov. 13, 2018 A Dallas nonproft that aims to teach children the value of eating nutritious food, taking care of the environment while building community is still going strong after nearly 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…
Kids
Student shares why he wants a school garden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=i2y3rkN1BsY
Media
January 2016 Lakewood Advocate Q&A with P.O.P. Executive Director Elizabeth Dry
Read the article in the January 2016 edition of the Lakewood Advocate or access it online!
Events
Okra Palooza in the News
Dallas Celebrates Okra Palooza on Sunday – Good Morning Texas Okra Palooza Preview #1 and Okra Palooza Preview #2 – WFAA #IAMUP
Garden
Okrapalooza in the Dallas Morning News
Read Throw your own Okra Palooza at home – Dallas Morning News, August 4, 2015
Media
Promise of Peace in the News
News from March 2015… Agape Memorial Starting Community Garden: http://www.northtexasumc.org/north-texas-conference-news/agape-memorial-starting-community-garden
Activities
Energy In Energy Out – Saturday Fun
Check out some video from our Saturday morning POP up picnic where we served garden-to-table pizza and used the Octo ban for some energy out activity! http://promiseofpeace.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_5364.mov