SPICES
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Mission
Garlic on Glenwood exists to generously grow good garlic. We aim to be for the neighborhood what garlic is to roses: a promoter of health & wellbeing, a protection from affliction, and a partner for flourishing. Wherever we go, we bring GARLIC: Gratitude, Abundance, Relationships, Liveliness, Investment & Creative Community
History
Garlic on Glenwood began in October of 2022 on a City-owned vacant lot on Glenwood Avenue in Edgerton, a low income, food insecure neighborhood of the City of Rochester. We aimed to be for the neighborhood what garlic is to roses: a promoter of health & wellbeing, a protection from affliction, and a partner for flourishing.
In May of 2023 we moved the entire garden - with its raised beds full of growing garlic - to its current location in Irondequoit. Wherever we go, we bring GARLIC : Gratitude, Abundance, Relationships, Liveliness, Investment & Creative Community, and SPICES too!
What We Grow
Garlic on Glenwood currently has six raised vegetable beds.
Every year we grow garlic and other alliums.
In the 2026 season we helped start 80 tomato plants, about a dozen of which ended up in the garden. We grew several kinds of hot peppers, and tended the 10 or so volunteer tomato plants that grew up in the pepper bed. We also had some vegetables like celery and kale, along with herbs like oregano, sage and rosemary.
What We Do
We distribute spices and other flavorful items.
To read more about our spices click here
To request spices click here
In addition to direct distribution, we distribute via:
Who Supports Us?
Garlic on Glenwood is extremely grateful to all the people, plants, and organizations that have helped us. We especially want to thank these organizations:
In 2022 & 2023
Taproot Collective, Fruition Seeds, Equicenter, Foodlink, Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Master Gardeners, 490 Farmers, Wegmans, The Garden Factory
At the City of Rochester:
From the Department of Neighborhood and Business Development: the Division of Real Eastate
From the Department of Recreation and Human Services: the Environmental Programming Division, the Rochester Public Market
From the Department Environmental Services: the Forestry Division, the Bureau of Buildings and Parks
We also wanted to especially thank JOSH Landscape Co. for removing our chainlink fence and poision ivy hedge.
In 2023 & 2024
Taproot Collective, Fruition Seeds, Equicenter, Foodlink, New York State Seed to Supper Program, Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Master Gardeners, The Southland Drive Seed Swap, Irondequoit Garden Walks, 490 Farmers, R-MAN, The Syracuse Herbal Study Group, Upcycle Irondequoit
In 2025 & 2026
Taproot Collective, Fruition Seeds, Equicenter, Foodlink, Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Master Gardeners, Sunscape Farms, Wilson Nursery, Off the Muck
A Loose Network of Weak Ties
If you eat food, or grow things, or aspire to do either of these, here are some other organizations we’ve run into. We are grateful for all of their contributions as well:
Cameron Community, The Institute for Nonviolence,
Seeds: The Seed Libraries
Transportation: RTS, RTS On Demand, R-Community Bikes, REI & Thousand Bike Helmets, CCCS Project Ride, CCCS Driven to Success
Clothing: The Butterfly Boutique, Cameron Community Clothing Boutique
Habitat for Humanity and the Habitat for Humanity Restores,