Our Programs
Supporting Montgomery’s Gardens & Gardeners
Organic Gardening 101, Backyard Livestock, DIY Rain Barrel Building, Growing Your Own Transplants - these are just a few of the free gardening workshops offered each year at E.A.T. South. We also organize special events like our annual Seedy Saturday Seed Swap and tomato plant give aways. Check our calendar or Facebook page for workshop and event information.
Pictured: Gardeners learn to put together drip irrigation systems during a hands-on drip irrigation workshop.
Community Composting
The Community Composting program began in 2021 as Eat South was hit by rising compost costs. Without a good source for locally made quality compost, small farms and container gardens struggle to thrive. Quality compost provides a boost to the living soil ecosystem that supports plant growth. We are currently building out a pocket park at the Tuskegee Urban Agriculture Innovation Center (TUAIC, 595 Grady St.) that will include raised beds and a living learning Community Composting site.
Sign up for composting services today for as little as $0.10 per pound. We provide you with an up-cycled bucket and a drop off or bucket swap. Our drop-off points are located at the compost site at the TUAIC, (595 Grady St.) and the Montgomery Curb Market (1004 Madison Ave.) in Montgomery.
Email Farmer Amanda if you would like to join our composting program as a volunteer. Volunteer roles include:
making Bokashi chaff
manning the Montgomery Curb Market booth on a Saturday morning
building compost piles
sifting compost
be a compost advocate in your community
Read more about how we compost in our Backyard Recycling Guide.
2025 CCC Forum in Cleveland. Can you find Farmer Amanda? Eat South is part of a national movement to cultivate community scale composting in every neighborhood. The Cultivating Community Composting program of the Institute for Local Self Reliance is an inclusive network taking collective of community composters from around the country and world.
Community Center Gardens
In 2025, E.A.T. South began working with gardeners in Sheridan Heights to plan and build a new community-focused garden at the Sheridan Heights Community Center. We are planning gardens for other Community Centers in 2026.
Pictured: Sheridan Heights Garden gardeners plant their first community garden in 2025.
Art from the Garden
Bread and Roses! E.A.T. South grows food for the body and for the soul. Since 2021, we’ve learned to grow plants to make dyes and paints. We share what we learn through free art classes for the community. We are grateful to the Support the Arts License Tag Grant for providing resources that help us learn, teach, and grow.
Pictured: Community Art Class