Featured GALLERY: Youth Garden Project - Moab - Oct. 23, 2009

A Community Garden is simply "any piece of land gardened by a group of people." It can be urban, suburban, or rural. It can grow flowers, vegetables or community. It can be one community plot, or can be many individual plots. It can be at a school, hospital, or in a neighborhood. It can also be a series of plots dedicated to "urban agriculture" where the produce is grown for a market.  Read More »

Benefits of Community Gardens^[1]:

• Improves the quality of life for people in the garden.
• Provides a catalyst for neighborhood and community development.
• Stimulates Social Interaction.
• Encourages Self-Reliance.
• Beautifies Neighborhoods.
• Produces Nutritious Food.
• Reduces Family Food Budgets.
• Conserves Resources.
• Creates opportunity for recreation, exercise, therapy, and education.
• Reduces Crime.
• Preserves Green Space.
• Creates income opportunities and economic development.
• Reduces city heat from streets and parking lots.
• Provides opportunities for intergenerational and cross-cultural connections.

Types of Community Gardens:

• Donation Gardens
• Market Gardens
• Neighborhood or Allotment Gardens
• School Gardens
• Temporary or Portable Gardens
• Therapy Gardens

Community Gardening Resources

Source:
1. "Benefits of Community Gardens" published by the  American Community Gardening Association, building community by increasing and enhancing community gardening and greening across the United States and Canada.