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Ruth's Roots

Ruth's Roots is a community garden that can serve the community’s youth through enrichment and is located at 130 Court St in Bay St Louis, Mississippi.
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Ruth's Roots is a community garden that began as a project of the Hancock County Juvenile Drug Court. The garden exposes local youth and community members to agriculture and nature while offering plenty of space for personal growth and expression. Seasonally, we plant vegetables, fruits, and herbs. We have chickens, rabbits, worms, and honeybees. We donate most of our eggs to another local nonprof

it. Our honey is available for a donation. In the garden, you will also find a free little library and a blessings box. Please feel free to grab a book, sit under a tree, and read for awhile. Our Blessings Box operates under the motto: Take what you need. Leave what you can. We have had visitors from all over the United States, Canada, Russia, Japan, Mexico, and the Bahamas (those are only the visitors we know about!). Help us spread the word about Ruth's Roots, our little garden by the Bay. Ruth's Roots is a 501(c)(3) and is 100% funded by private donations and grants. If you would like to donate to our community garden, please make checks payable to the Hancock Community Development Foundation with "Ruth's Roots" in the memo line. Checks can be mailed to the Hancock County Chamber of Commerce at 100 S. Beach Blvd, Bay St. Louis, MS 39520. Ruth's Roots would not be possible without the donation of the land by Mr. Jim Thompson. We are so grateful for his generosity. Visit Ruth's Roots at 130 Court Street, Bay St. Louis, MS 39520 and make sure to grab a brochure. Don't forget to check in, take pictures, and tag us! If you have any questions or want to get involved, please email us at:
[email protected]

11/10/2024

11/09/2024

Thank you to the folks that loved and cherished Lois Bingham. The family of Lois Bingham has made a generous donation to the garden and we plan to start a new project in the back corner. Stay tuned! 💗💗💗

10/27/2024

I hope everyone enjoyed the Witch’s Walk and got to visit the vendors at the garden. Those witches did a great job decorating!

Speaking of decorating, Kerry Maloney and crew are decorating the garden again! But we need your help! If you have any extra Christmas decorations or lights or are willing to buy us some, we would greatly appreciate it! (There is a really cool countdown to Christmas sign at Sam’s that I couldn’t fit in my car, but if anyone else can….💗). We also need help decorating. November 16 is our decorating day. So many kids and families love to see the garden decorated. Please come help! Message us with any donations and we can provide drop off locations or can pick them up if they are close. We could also use Lowe’s or Walmart gift cards to help us purchase what we need. Thank you! 💗

10/19/2024

Don’t forget that today is the 5th Annual Boo in the Bay parade!! The parade starts at 5:30 and passes right in front of Ruth’s Roots. Bring your kids and something for them to put all of their toys and candy in and head to the parade. Feel free to watch from Ruth’s Roots, but please pick up your garbage. 💗

09/15/2024

Happy Sunday afternoon! Thankfully we were spared the full wrath of Hurricane Francine. The blessings box has been running super low, so I would greatly appreciate y’all donating. It is an awesome way to serve the most vulnerable of our community. I just left from feeding the animals and I’m about to tackle those beds so we can get fall seedling in. While I was there I crammed every free little library with books, cookbooks, games, a kindle, pokeman cards, needlepoint, Knick knacks and more!! Someone had left an entire tray of homemade cookies and they smelled amazing, so if you need a sweet (and who doesn’t) stop by! Thank you for supporting the garden!

07/20/2024

Thank you to the community that checks on the blessings box and helps keep it full. Thanks to Gretchen Caplinger for filling it this time. So many people in our community are struggling. We live in a great place. 💗

07/01/2024

Eight years ago today this is what Ruth's Roots looked like from the front. Thanks Ann Dinwiddie Madden for that shout out. So many changes have happened in eight years! Guess what? More are coming. Stay tuned….

06/30/2024

Thank you to Tracy Bayles for filling up the blessings box and including drinks and flavor powders. It’s awfully hot out there and I know the drinks will be appreciated!

06/27/2024

Good afternoon!! Thank you to the folks that continue to drop off food, books and movies. Our community appreciates you! There is always something great happening in the Bay and this weekend is no different. We have St. Rose de Lima Blues and Barbeque Fest at the depo and Open Art Studios where three of our super talented artists open their studios for you to check out their magic and how they do what they do. Luckily, you will have time to attend both!

Of course, if you find yourself in the Bay, swing by Ruth’s Roots and share some love!

06/23/2024

Good afternoon!!! Thanks to Soil Sisters for fixing up the bed next to the fish pond. It had gotten quite unruly, but it’s looking beautiful now. We looking forward to partnering with them on other projects in the future.

We have new fish in the pond and they are doing great. We also have our second bunch of tadpoles in the pond and baby frogs everywhere! Check them out.

We have four free little libraries and they get used in the summer more than any other time. If you have any books you no longer need or that your kids have outgrown, please consider dropping them off at the garden. Additionally, we love when visitors bring a canned good for the blessings box when they come by. Hope everyone is having great summer!

04/21/2024

Check out the garden! Mississippi Power painted all of the salad tables and they look amazing. They also donated all of the supplies. The students from Lisa Curry’s class at Holy Trinity also visited the garden to help. They planted our back bed full of sunflower seeds. I can’t wait for them to make their debut. Monday morning, to celebrate Earth Day, Mississippi Power will return and fill the salad tables with soil and all kinds of plants. We are blessed to have great community partners like Mississippi Power. Come check all of the magic out!

04/19/2024

Thank you to Mississippi Power for showing up in force to freshen up the garden! They will be here today painting until noon if you want to help or just stop by to thank them. They are returning this Monday on Earth Day to fill the salad tables with veggies, herbs and flowers from 8:30-12:30 and could use help then as well.

We could always use food for the blessings box, books for the free little libraries and dvd’s for the blockbuster box. Thank you for being an awesome community!

04/17/2024

Good afternoon!!! Earth is approaching and will be here Monday, April 22. Mississippi Power has chosen the garden to do their Earth Day project and we are so lucky!! They will be at the garden this Friday, April 19 to paint the new salad tables and help us bring some beautiful colors back to the garden from 9:00-12:00. They will be back on Monday, April 22 from 8:30-noon to fill the beds with veggies, herbs and flowers! Got home school kids or just willing to help? They would love more volunteers on both days. Wear your clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty and leave your mark on Ruth’s Roots!

04/11/2024

Good morning!! Looking for something fun to do this weekend in Bay St. Louis (besides visit Ruth’s Roots 😊). The Arts, Hancock County is putting on Arts Alive this weekend! It kicks off with a patron’s party on Friday night and continues with art vendors and bands and food trucks and magic Saturday and Sunday. Come play in the Bay this weekend.

2 DAYS until Arts Alive 2024!✨Come and experience a kaleidoscope of talent that reflects the vibrant spirit of our community. Engage with artists, participate in interactive workshops, and witness live demonstrations that bring art to life before your eyes.

Patrons Preview Party - Friday 6-8p
Saturday 10a-10p - Sunday 10a-5p
Fantastic food, art, demonstration, and stellar musical talent
View the entire Lineup - https://tinyurl.com/55juxe4e

Friday - Patrons Party Guests will enjoy hors d’oeuvres and beverages (including the adult variety) while perusing artist’s wares and mingling with friends. Food from local restaurants - Fields, Beachside Catering, Chefs, and more.
Musical entertainment from Kelsey Moran will complete the evening.
To reserve your spot at the party visit: https://tinyurl.com/4emc7vmf

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03/21/2024

Thank you to Stephen Houin for painting this spool and making a beautiful tic tac toe table for the garden. Go play a game! I’ll be picking up some kids chairs to go with the table.

02/27/2024

Mark your calendar for March 9th and make sure you are in Old Town Bay St. Louis. Souper Mud Fest is an amazing event and it supports the blessing’s box at Ruth’s Roots! If you’ve never been, our amazing local artists make beautiful pottery bowls which are $25. The line starts early for the bowls! The fabulous Old Town Merchants make a variety of delicious soups and you get to stroll about and shop, all while enjoying soup. Don’t worry, you don’t use your beautiful pottery bowl, you can put that in your car. Each merchant has bowls or cups with spoons for their soup. It’s going to be a great time and it’s always beautiful weather!

02/14/2024

Maybe you are sad that football season is over. But every cloud has a silver lining and our silver lining is that Derick Hall is back from Seattle for a bit and he and his mother, Stacy Gooden-Crandle filled up the blessing box this weekend. 💗 Thank you to everyone that keeps the box full. Y’all are a blessing.

11/10/2023

Today we are thankful for the students at Saint Stanislaus. The school is celebrating the Feast of Saint Stanislaus by giving back to the community. You will see Stanislaus students all over the county volunteering their time. At Ruth’s Roots, the students filled the new salad tables with soil and topped off the old salad tables so we can get our plants in. They also organized the free little libraries to make them more user friendly. Thank you! Saint Stanislaus High School Kristen Tusa

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130 Court Street
Bay Saint Louis, MS
39520

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The very hungry caterpillars are munching away at their milkweed. They really are adorable, but dang they eat a lot! While I was putting out some new milkweed a monarch was laying eggs EVERYWHERE! 😱 It really is amazing to watch them fly around and the second they land on a plant they know instantly if it’s milkweed. Pretty crazy actually. The search for milkweed to feed these hooligans continues…. 💗🐛🦋