Tiger Brands and Food & Trees for Africa supported more than 50 Winterveld families with Garden-in-a-Bucket kits to improve household food security sustainably.
More than 50 families in the semi-rural community of Winterveld, northwest of Tshwane, can now establish home-based vegetable gardens after receiving Garden-in-a-Bucket kits from Tiger Brands, along with food hampers.
The families collected their kits at the community’s faith-based support centre, Lehaheng La Adullame, which is a beneficiary of Tiger Brands’ nutrition support programme.
The garden kits were distributed through Tiger Brands’ implementation partner, Food & Trees for Africa (FTFA), as part of the Garden-in-a-Bucket initiative targeted at marginalised communities to strengthen food security and promote sustainable community development.
Each kit contains vegetable seedlings, essential hand tools, a watering can, and FTFA’s Growing Green manual. Recipient families were also provided with hands-on, on-site training by an FTFA facilitator to help build their confidence and knowledge in establishing and maintaining productive vegetable gardens.
Lehaheng La Adullame plays a central role in supporting a community facing high levels of unemployment, poverty, and food insecurity. The centre assists more than 100 individuals from surrounding areas, providing support for health and wellbeing, as well as critical skills development programmes including gardening and trade-related skills such as welding.
At the end of 2025, Tiger Brands helped establish a food garden at the centre, which now contributes significantly to residents’ daily nutrition needs. The company also donated gas burners and gas bottles, reducing reliance on open-fire cooking and improving safety and efficiency.
Over the coming weeks, residents at Lehaheng La Adullame will use their experience to support families as they establish and care for their own gardens, offering guidance to ensure sustainable food production and long-term nutrition benefits.
Tiger Brands continues to prioritise sustainable solutions to food insecurity in vulnerable communities. While food hampers provide immediate relief, the company focuses on longer-term interventions such as home gardening initiatives that empower families to become self-reliant.
“We believe real impact comes from cultivating self-sufficiency and self-reliance within communities,” said Preeya Naidu, Senior Manager: Socioeconomic Development at Tiger Brands. “By sharing skills, knowledge and practical tools to grow food, families can support their own nutrition needs well into the future, without remaining dependent on short-term relief.”
