Community Gardening Resources
Community Gardening
A community garden is typically one piece of land, gardened collectively by a group of people. Increasingly, community gardeners are “urban-dwellers with limited access to their own land”. Community beautification and revitalization, food security, physical activity and improved nutrition are just some of the benefits of community gardens.
Starting a Community Garden
Organization and management are critical to successful community gardens. Whether you are starting a community garden with neighbors, a non-profit group, church or at work, successful gardens typically have a core group of at least ten individuals or families to help divide the many responsibilities a garden brings.
Here are a few resources to help manage your community garden:
Community Gardening Toolkit: A Resource for planning, enhancing and sustaining your community gardening project (University of Missouri Extension)
The Clemson Extension Home and Garden Information
Center American Community Gardening Association
EPA 542-F-10-011 “Reusing Potentially Contaminated Landscapes: Growing Gardens in Urban Soils”
Cultivating Communities
In this introductory horticulture course, community gardeners will learn the necessary knowledge and skills to create and sustain a successful garden. Each activity presented in the course leads to actionable steps to creating and sustaining a successful community-based garden.
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