Community Garden Resources

A community garden is a garden built by members of the community. The garden is planned, planted and cared for by a group of people for a set amount of time. Sometimes the gardens contain flowers and other times they may contain vegetables the whole community can benefit from.

Websites

When planning your community garden there are thousands of websites that can help you start, maintain and advertise your community garden. The websites available for community gardens are usually divided by state and then locality. If you are looking to plan a community garden check the websites for community gardens near your location.

City Departments

If you plan to plant a community garden on city property, you do need to notify the city of your plans. Depending on where you live you may be required to submit a detailed application and include your garden plans. Contact your city's parks department to find out what you need to do in order to properly register your garden.

Gardening Associations

Many large cities have gardening associations. They usually advertise their meetings in the local paper or at a local nursery. If you want help designing, planting or fundraising for your community garden, ask the local gardening association to assist you. The association may want you to write a proposal of your ideas so they understand the objective of your garden.

Local Nurseries

Local plant nurseries may be willing to assist in a community garden. Ask for plant donations or discounts in exchange for placing their business name as a donor on a permanent location inside the park. They may even offer design and planning ideas.