Mitzvah Garden

The Mitzvah Garden is a special part of Beth Sholom’s commitment to the community. Volunteers come to help plant seeds, tend the garden, and grow fruits, vegetables and flowers. The harvest is then donated to those in need. Fruits and vegetable are given to the hungry and the flowers are cut and sent to the sick or grieving.

As part of this commitment to Tikkun Olam, the Kindergarten children of Beth Sholom's Goldman Preschool are involved in a yearlong service project with the Mitzvah Garden. The Kindergarten children grow plants from seed in the classroom during the winter, and then planting the seedlings in the spring. As their first job as volunteers, the children harvested this season’s remaining vegetables and herbs and sold them to raise money for new seeds and plants for the Mitzvah Garden.

Email Norma Finkelstein or call 215-673-8205 for more information.