Announcing the Eastport Community Farm!
We are proud to announce the launch of the Eastport Community Farm — a one-acre site designed to be a community hub, science lab, maker space, vegetable and fruit production site, and small business incubator in the heart of Annapolis’s 6th Ward.
January 10th 2026 Board Meeting
January 10th 2026 Board Meeting summary and actionables
Joy Grows is the most exciting program in Annapolis.
Growing Leaders is Joy Grows’ youth-leadership, project based learning program. We are building on the foundation created by our youth centered garden building programs, asking the exciting question: “what happens when youth select projects and take initiative to see them come to life?” This program will transform our city. This summer, I helped create a […]
Our Burnside Sanctuary
On the corner of Chesapeake Ave and Burnside St, The Burnside Sanctuary is Joy Grow’s first community greenspace project. Started in fall 2023, it’s a small park available for community use with many fruit plants, seating, shared vegetable garden space, native pollinator plantings and a beautiful chestnut tree – watch out for the spike balls! […]
Robinwood’s GREAT GARDEN
Next to Robinwood’s Community Center We started this garden in Fall 2025, in collaboration with Destiny Dale and Kiwone aka “Mr Fix-a-Flat” along with many great community members. The Garden currently has 300 square feet of raised bed space with plans for an additional 500. We hope to build a greenhouse on the adjacent concrete […]
Our Garden at Harbour House
Next to Eastport’s Community Center: Built by the kids at Harbour House, Our Garden is the most epic community garden around. We kicked off this project in July 2025 and since then have had many sessions of collaborative garden building and cultivating youth cohort who have been dedicated since the garden’s kickoff.
The Healing Garden
On the corner of Madison and President St: This beautiful little garden was created and is cultivated in collaboration with dedicated community advocate Donna Johnson. Donna aka “Peaches” works tirelessly to uplift her community through neighborhood events and her food and clothing distribution efforts. (Learn more about Donna here(coming soon!)) Created in March 2025, these […]
Youth Kitchen at EUMC
Eastport’s Youth Kitchen Big thanks to Eastport United Methodist Church for making their kitchen available. Our First Youth Kitchen Session Last Friday we held our first session “ trial run” to get a sense of Eastport United Methodist Church’s kitchen equipment and how things might go. The plan was to make 50 burritos for the […]