Okrapalooza benefiting Promise of Peace Gardens

Okrapalooza 2017! Early bird tickets on sale now!

Music and food festival supporting Promise of Peace Gardens. Visit okrapalooza.com to view last year’s chefs, judges, musicians, and overall greatness! You can get your all-inclusive tickets for only 35 dollars until June 1st. DATE AND TIME Sun, September 17, 2017 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM CDT LOCATION The LOT 7530 East Grand Avenue Dallas, TX 75214 Click here to Get your early bird tickets!

P.O.P. Here Comes the Sun

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 will be a four-course, farm-to-table dinner with four outstanding Chefs! Chefs Janice Provost of Parigi, Uno Immanivong of Chino Chinatown, Anastacia Quinones of Oddfellows, and Read more…

SMU Mustang Heroes Feb2017

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 volunteering at POP every Tuesday and tending the garden with enthusiasm. As they work they also learn how to grow food and what you can Read more…

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 nutritious food for all children and their families. We transform vacant places into thriving growing spaces where our programming empowers and broadens perspectives. Our motto is, Read more…

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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 sales, all day long, to P.O.P. Come visit The LOT at the corner or East Grand and Gaston and help raise money for Promise of Read more…

P.O.P. Here Comes the Sun

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 will be a four-course, farm-to-table dinner with four outstanding Chefs! Chefs Janice Provost of Parigi, Uno Immanivong of Chino Chinatown, Anastacia Quinones of Oddfellows, and Read more…

Jingle Bayles 2016

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 Elementary. Thanks to all who made this happen: Fresh Point, Whole Foods Market, Chef Graham Dodds, Chef Suzan Fries, Chef Marc Castle, Chef Alex Astranti, Read more…

Giving Tuesday Campaign Promise of Peace

Give to Grow on #GivingTuesday

Giving Tuesday is a global giving movement to kick off the charitable giving season as we give to help others. Your donation to Promise of Peace Gardens will enable our organization to expand by creating more space to grow and give more children and their families access to locally-grown, nutritious food. Click Here to Donate Now