Scott/ McCreary County Grow Appalachia

Scott/ McCreary County Grow Appalachia Scott County Grow Appalachia teaches participants to grow and preserve their own produce using organic methods.

Sweet potatoes harvested at SCCC straw bales. Partially broke down straw now scattered to help build organic matter in...
10/28/2025

Sweet potatoes harvested at SCCC straw bales. Partially broke down straw now scattered to help build organic matter in the soil.

10/28/2025
For anyone needing the address for tonight’s meeting, here it is. It is in between the First Nationa bank and the old...
10/23/2025

For anyone needing the address for tonight’s meeting, here it is. It is in between the First Nationa bank and the old Amoco gas station.

Hello! We are hosting our October Grow Appalachia meeting and annual end-of-season Pot Luck/Banquet tomorrow at the Amer...
10/22/2025

Hello! We are hosting our October Grow Appalachia meeting and annual end-of-season Pot Luck/Banquet tomorrow at the American Legion Building at 5:30. We look forward to your attendance. Please note that the 2026 applications will be distributed during the meeting. Address is 19175 Alberta Street. Between First National Bank and the old Amoco Gas station.

Here’s our next generation of Grow Appalachia Growers!
10/12/2025

Here’s our next generation of Grow Appalachia Growers!

08/29/2025

We forgot to make an announcement to remind everyone about the Mushroom class next week. If you have already signed up for the Mushroom class, it is next week, Thursday Sept 4 at 5:30. At Scott Christian Care-Center.

here is a great month by month timeline for sewing seeds in our area. As your crops are finishing off, clean out those...
07/25/2025

here is a great month by month timeline for sewing seeds in our area. As your crops are finishing off, clean out those beds and get them ready for round 2.

Zone 7 planting guide and chores list month-by-month. Planting by USDA Zone is a good starting point to get a handle on what you should be thinking of planting and when. If you pair this overview of gardening tasks by zone with experience, local knowledge and good year on year note taking then you s...

07/25/2025

Oh my gosh!!!!! I forgot to tell everyone that Dollie Diaz-Gilley 3D Printed all those birdhouses, scoops, and door prizes that she brought! I think that is AMAZING! Thank you Dolly!

07/24/2025

For anyone who sees this, we have a last min request, please bring 1 item from your garden to tonights meeting to add to a basket we can send back with the Berea representative.

07/20/2025

🎒✨ The Boys & Girls Club of the Cumberland Plateau invites YOU to our Back to School Bash & Open House on Saturday, July 26th from 11am–2pm!

🎉 What to expect:

🎒 First 200 kids get free backpacks & school supplies!

🏰 Bounce Houses,
Games & Activities
🐐 Petting Zoo
🎶 Music, 🍽️ Free Food

🎁 Door Prizes: Chipotle, Publix, Pizza Hut, Top Golf, Lona’s Loven Oven, Gourmet Gift Baskets, Club Scholarships & More!

🎟️ Fundraiser Raffle: 4 Knoxville Zoo Tickets & 2 WonderWorks Tickets!

🙏 Special thanks to our amazing sponsors:

💎 Platinum Sponsors
Joe Allen Construction • Kris Lewallen DJs • Serenity Ridge Farm

🥇 Gold Sponsors
Straight Fork Forest Management • Moments That Matter • Wildflower Wellness

🥈 Silver Sponsors
Mayfield • Blue Bell • Hippy’s Fix It All • Big South Fork Medical • Highland Heating & Air

🤝 Community Partners
Unleashed Spa & Kennel • Boss Shot Shells • Lona’s Loven Oven • Publix • Costco • Target (Clinton Hwy) • Walmart (Oneida) • Sam’s Club (Wallbrook & East Knox) • Pizza Hut • Knoxville Zoo • WonderWorks • Chipotle Grill • Top Golf • Oriental Trading • Gourmet Gift Baskets • The Soul Flower Party Rentals LLC • Clinch Powell Education Corp • Scott Appalachian Industries • Scott County Health Department • Health Council • Mountain People Health Council • TCAT • Roane State Community College • The Ayers Foundation at Scott • Ridgeview • ASAP of Anderson County • Grateful Care ABA • ALQI • Oneida Schools Family Resource Center • Children's Center of the Cumberlands • Helenwood Pregnancy Center • ETHRA • TNSTEP • TN Voices • Scott County Shelter Society • UT TSU Extension Scott County • Morgan Scott Project• Tennessee Highway Patrol • Operation Sharing Tennessee • Dollar General • 988 Tennessee Suicide Prevention • Clarvida

📍 Boys & Girls Club of the Cumberland Plateau

📆 Saturday, July 26 | 🕚 11 AM – 2 PM

💥 Let’s send our kids back to school with everything they need to succeed!

07/03/2025

If you are still needing to get a visit scheduled, Greg has some time today and also Saturday to schedule garden visits!!!!! Please call 423-223-6206 to set that up!!!!!

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101 Marcum Road
Oneida, TN
37841

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 3pm
Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 3pm

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(423) 569-2450

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Grow Appalachia

The mission of Grow Appalachia is to address the regional problems of diet-related health concerns, the limited availability of high quality fresh produce, and the generational loss of gardening knowledge. In December of 2011, Berea College awarded Scott Christian Care Center a Grow Appalachia grant and it would become one of the 15 Appalachian communities selected from across Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia.

In 2012, Scott Christian Care Center assisted 34 individual gardens and 4 community gardens located at the Justice Center, Boys and Girls Club, Agape Preschool, and the Women’s Shelter. These gardens dotted the landscape of Scott County with far reaching effects on the community as a whole. In December of 2012, the Center’s grant from Grow Appalachia increased allowing the number of gardens to increase to 64 individual gardens and 10 community gardens. Out of the increase, 16 of the 64 individual gardens and 4 of the 10 community are as a result of the Center’s expansion in to McCreary County, KY.

Each year, several families and individuals are selected from Scott and McCreary Counties to participate in the program and are provided with the resources and support to grow their garden. To help families till and prepare gardens for initial spring planting, volunteers use grant funded soil working equipment to accomplish this task. Families and individuals receive hand tools, seeds, plants, organic fertilizers, organic pesticides, canners, and educational materials. Educational programs emphasizing ecosystem friendly, organic, and sustainable techniques are offered to share the most efficient and up-to-date information about gardening, cooking for maximum nutrition, and food preservation techniques. Families and individuals are assisted in marketing their excess produce for supplemental income.