More About Us
We are working for our community as we grow our vegetables from seed in the greenhouse and harvest our garden produce for our two produce recipients: the Gering United Methodist Church to be used in their Ministry of weekly soup suppers as well as produce given to community members and the First Baptist Church of Scottsbluff Ministry using our fresh produce to add to their weekly pantry boxes delivered to families in need. Extra produce is shared with the Church family. In the 2020 growing season we provided over 1,600 lbs. of produce. Through these entities, hundreds have been served by the Gering Community Ever Green House every year.
The Gering Community Ever Green House strives to provide a serene green space for the community. It is our intention to provide beauty that can be enjoyed by all, as well as ensuring access for people with disabilities. In 2019/20 we completed our 200' concrete walkway and arbor on the south side of the greenhouse building. Flowering climbing varieties including Silver Lace, Clematis and Wisteria have been planted along the arbor and were enjoyed last year. Benches and solar lights illuminate the walkway to enjoy summer evenings.
We have been able to provide a showcase and enjoy the talents of Boy Scouts who have completed their Eagle Scout projects here along with local high school art students and other youth groups. The local high school construction class built the storage shed on the north side.
With our unique passive solar greenhouse, we are an attraction for traveling visitors as well as local citizens, senior citizens and volunteers. Professional photographers have also been known to use our background of flowers in their profession. We have a 30+ year old fig tree growing inside the greenhouse and have been able to provide fresh figs during the summer months for sale to locally owned restaurants and the community for specialty baking, etc. It is a rarity to find fresh figs in this part of the country, as many of our visitors have shared.
Volunteers throughout the years include the Gering National Guard Armory, Master Gardeners, members of the AARP, the local Board of Realtors and the Kiwanis Club as well as many other community members. We have also been fortunate to receive help from the Scotts Bluff County Inmate Work Program who have provided many hours of manual labor over the last couple of years.
