Paola Community Garden of Hope, Paola, Kansas The Paola Community Garden of Hope started as an outreach garden to serve the community and provide enriching summer activity for local youth. Thirty plots are available for rent by residents. Youth are involved in cultivating the communal garden, distributing produce to local charitable organizations and selling excess produce at the local community farmer's market. The garden requested funds for soil preparation and improvement, and to purchase a storage shed, tiller, fencing, irrigation equipment, tools and garden supplies.