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From Vacant Lots to Gardens for Community Growth

Meet Lots of Compassion; our national initiative to celebrate and empower those using the goodness of the garden to grow compassion in their own backyard. By offering financial support and educational resources, we’re helping people across the country turn vacant lots into gardens for community growth. Why is this so important? Well, about 15% of land in U.S. cities is vacant or abandoned. This vacant space can lead to negative outcomes for communities, including decreased mental and physical health, feelings of lacking community trust, and more.*



*AO Bowman, MA Pagano Terra Incognita: Vacant Land and Urban Strategies, Georgetown Univ Press, Washington, DC, 2010. ​

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Growing a More Compassionate World

We transformed our first lot in Chicago, where we partnered with Emerald South Economic Development Collaborative — an organization dedicated to building community wealth on Chicago's south side. In 2023 and 2024, we have given out 20 grants to communities across the country. In 2025, we expect to connect more than 40,000 people to engaging garden-based learning opportunities and create 70,000 square feet of gardening space.

Meet Our Grant Recipients

20

garden grants

awarded

45k+

community members

impacted

70k+

sq. ft. of land

transformed

Our Kindest Scent

Our one-of-a-kind Compassion Flower scent is a hybrid of a pansy meaning “to think of” and a spreading viola, to help grow kindness. For
every Compassion Flower hand soap sold on mrsmeyers.com, Walmart.com and Walmart
in-store from April 1st to July 31st , $1 will go towards the Lots of Compassion program. With your help, we hope to fund $1 million in grant programs over a five-year span (up to $200k annually until 2027, for a total of $1 million)
so that local gardens and their surrounding communities can thrive.

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Meet Three Inspiring Chicago-area Community Gardeners:

Edgar Florentino is a Community Activist who gardens to grow awareness for safer streets.
Mekazin Alexander brings art and gardeningtogether to promote healing and improved mental health in her community.
Nestor Zavala is a Marine who uses the garden to celebrate veterans and foster hope in his community.
MEET OUR GARDEN GRANT RECIPIENTS

Thanks to Our Project Partners

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