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Cane Island Gardening Club Creates Area’s First Community Seed Sharing Program

June 28, 2021

When Katy residents Danielle Gilman and Korinne Provoast took a bike ride through their Cane Island neighborhood in the spring of 2020 during the height of the pandemic, little did they know an innocent conversation about gardening would ultimately blossom into one of the area’s first community seed sharing programs.

“We were talking about all our neighbors who started gardening during the pandemic and decided to start a Facebook group to share advice with one another,” recalls Gilman.  “We are mostly amateurs so the back and forth with neighbors was great.”

Besides sharing their gardening tips, members of the newly created Cane Island Gardening Club started swapping plants and seeds.  That’s when Gilman and Provoast came up with the idea for a Seed Share Shack, a dispensary where residents can donate their extra seeds and take the seeds they want for their own gardens.

The two turned to fellow Cane Island neighbor Mandy Kleinman, who built the community’s “Little Library,” to come up with a design for Cane Island’s Seed Share Shack.  Located in front of Cane Island’s community garden next to the Cane Quarter Conservatory, the wooden structure with pullout shelves is filled with seed packets for tomatoes, peppers, peas, garlic, kale, beets, green beans and others.

“It’s really neat to think there are so many people in the community who suddenly are interested in gardening,” says Provoast, who recently planned the community’s first farmers market.  “Like all of our Cane Island clubs, the Gardening Club is a very supportive group.”

Besides building camaraderie with neighbors, all of the interest in gardening has helped her toddler embrace the flavors of fresh produce. 

“He loves to pick tomatoes,” she adds.  “It’s fun for our family and it helps us teach him responsibility at an early age.”

Gilman says she and fellow gardening club members are in the early stages of starting a summer “Garden Stroll” when neighbors can walk from house to house and try items from various Cane Island gardens. The initial farmers market was so successful there is one scheduled the third Saturday of every month. 

To reach the Katy community of new homes, take the Cane Island Parkway exit off Interstate 10 minutes west of the Grand Parkway.  Head north on Cane Island Parkway and take the roadway directly into the community.

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