The Grow Free: Giving Garden Project

A Community Rhubarb Love Affair!

The rhubarb plant is a hearty vegetable, although we most commonly eat it as a fruit in pies. It has health benefits, is easy to grow in many kinds of soil, needs very little tending, and is frequently shared with those not lucky enough to have some in a garden.

Let’s grow and share more rhubarb in our communities!

The Grow Free: Giving Garden Project is open to anyone in Ashland and Bayfield counties who want to “adopt” and plant one or more roots on their properties to share free with those who need food. Landscapes and gardens in backyards, apartment complexes, town halls and municipal buildings, businesses, restaurants, churches, libraries, senior and community centers–anywhere with empty space or existing gardens—are perfect homes for shared food.

Can rhubarb “save the world”? Nope! But it’s fun to share, and it increases free access to locally grown food for those in need.
Adoption starts May 2026. Adopt from 1 to 10 plants that you agree to tend to during its life. Adopters are also asked to SHARE the harvest with friends and neighbors!