Washington County Healthy Communities Coalition

10/10/2026

Fall at the Village Harvest Garden. Giant sweet potatoes! 🍂🍠

10/09/2026

06/09/2026

We are honored to host this service in our office parking lot along with City of Belpre. Welcome to everyone and thanks to our Senior Center and Buckeye Regional Council for bringing it!

27/08/2026

The New Matamoras Harvest Market & Gardens are still growing beautiful vegetables and are free for the picking! Looks like the 30 containers that were purchased at the beginning of the season are all taken!! That means you are taking the opportunity to eat fresh from the garden! Thank you!! More containers are coming and we will restock the tote very soon. Also, who was the person that so graciously left a bag of seeds from True Value!! It was such a pleasant surprise to find them at the garden and we thank you so much!!

06/08/2026

Kindness goes a long way.. After seeing the needs of many I can't help but wonder if we can do more.. The free produce that was offered last week helped so many. A free head of cabbage. A box full of plums. Many wondered if there would be more.

Not because it was free.

But it was available.

I spoke to a family who's garden was wiped out from the hard rain and tornadoes less than a week before. I plucked green beans from our community garden to give to a wife to cook for her husband who wasn't in good health. A mother of 2 asked if there would be more free produce at the next market because it was too expensive to shop for healthy food at Walmart.

These conversations stay with you.

They remind us that a community garden isn't just about growing vegetables.

It's about growing hope.

It's about making sure a child has fresh tomatoes for dinner, an elderly neighbor has vegetables for soup, or a family going through a difficult season doesn't have to choose between paying bills and eating healthy.

That is why we're working so hard to secure the former laundromat property.

Our vision is bigger than a market. We see a permanent community hub where fresh produce can be washed, stored, refrigerated, and made available throughout the week—not just on market day. A place where local growers can sell their harvest, where youth can learn leadership and entrepreneurship, where healthy cooking classes can be offered, and where neighbors come together to support one another.

This isn't about one growing season.

It's about creating something that will serve New Matamoras for years to come.

Every partnership, every volunteer, every donation, and every person who believes in this vision helps move us one step closer.

Because when a community comes together, kindness doesn't just go a long way...

It grows into something that can change lives.

🌱 Together, we're growing more than a garden. We're growing a stronger, healthier community.

29/07/2026

Thank you to Cathy Harper and The Right Path for the Market at the New Matamoras pool party last night! Creating Healthy Communities and the WCHD were so proud to host this event! The rest of the produce will be available this afternoon 4-7 at the weekly Harvest Market & Garden on Dode Ave. Stop by and pick up some free fruits and veggies! 🍉🍑🥕🥬

24/07/2026

10/06/2026

So excited to get the market started in New Matamoras!