Current Partners  

Renee's Garden Seeds - When you order from Renee's Garden Seeds website, simply enter the promo code: FR675A in the coupon code box on the checkout page and Garden Partners will receive 25% of the total order value!  So place your order for all sorts of fantastic seeds - today and tomorrow and this summer and fall - all year round would be great!

A word from Renee Shepard: At Renee's Garden, I offer only the varieties that are very special for home gardeners, based on great flavor, easy culture and exception al garden performance. This seed line is my personal selection of new, exc itin g and unusual seed choices of time-test ed heirlooms, the best international hybrids and fine open-pollinated varieties. I harvest and use the vegetables and herbs in my kitchen to choose the most delicious, and cut the flowers for bouquets to select the finest colors, forms and fragrances. Our varieties are tested and guaranteed for every major US climate zone.

Community Support

These community businesses have given generously over the years and have played a key role in helping to support Garden Partners.

Portland Nursery has provided generous discounts to Garden Partners for plants, soil, and materials, which have been used in each of our programs.

Jane Luthy, Landscape Designer has provided a variety of attractive garden designs for our program sites since our formation in 1999. Jane Luthy is the owner of Coombs and Luthy Landscape Design in Portland, Oregon. They specialize in all phases of residential landscape design. They can be reached at: 503-227-4657.

McMenamins supports our work through a Family and Friends Night fundraising event, held at the Northeast Broadway location.  McMenamins hotels, pubs, and breweries is committed to the well-being of the community by targeting opportunities that bring together their properties, employees, and charities. They focus their contributions in the areas of education, human support services, and community development.

Previous Contributors

Al’s Garden Center and Greenhouses donated plants, flowers and herbs to each of our program sites. We are very grateful for Al’s generosity.
Al’s Garden Center has retail operations in Woodburn, Sherwood & Gresham. They feature annuals, perennials, nursery stock, water gardening, outdoor living accessories, a complete garden and gift shop, and a seasonal Christmas shop. Al’s has 3 large growing operations in the Willamette Valley, which grow over 90% of their plant material.

Gazebo Guys provided the design, materials and construction of a Gazebo to use as a work and storage area at a Garden Partners program site. Gazebo Guys designs and builds Custom Gazebos, decks, and arbors using high-quality materials and detailed workmanship.

ProGrass provided in-kind donations, volunteer hours, and cash contributions to Garden Partners’ projects and programs. ProGrass has offered full-service and local residential and commercial landscape care since 1978. Services include complete maintenance, landscape design, construction/renovation and irrigation services. ProGrass proudly offers NaturalCare: a safe, healthy way to enjoy a beautiful landscape.

Friends of the Carpenter provided the skills of volunteer carpenters and homeless clients to build cedar planter boxes for Garden Partners’ program sites.  Friends of the Carpenter is a ministry of building positive and productive relationships among the poor and homeless in the Christian community. Through safe and supervised woodworking activities, people experience “sanctuary,” where everyone is welcomed, accepted and respected.

Loaves & Fishes provided space and support for our weekly gardening sessions at the Thelma Skelton Loaves & Fishes Center located at 3925 SE Milwaukie Avenue in Portland.   Loaves & Fishes is committed to enriching the lives of seniors and assisting them in maintaining independence by making nutritious food, social contacts and other resources easily available. They accomplish this through an organization that is community based, emphasizes volunteer involvement and is financially sound.

SAGE / FEDE contributed space and construction help for the development of a unique accessible garden for a retirement facility in southeast Portland.  Services for All Generations Enterprises (SAGE) is a corporate provider of management and care services in a variety of settings. Working closely with Faith Enhanced Development Enterprises, a nonprofit developer of faith-based communities, SAGE responds to the needs of the aging, disabled, students and the poor. SAGE honors the innate human dignity of all people by providing compassionate and professional care daily.

Anne Kirk, Red Bird Design and Acer Institute have provided skilled guidance and expertise in therapeutic garden design for Garden Partners’ projects. Red Bird Design collaborates with clients and communities to create wellness-oriented gardens, with a strong awareness that sensitively-designed environments have a remarkable effect on health — emotionally, physically and spiritually.
Acer Institute is a Therapeutic Landscape Collaborative: Consultation + Education + Resources. It provides information and access to the therapeutic landscape design community, to enhance the development of our programs.