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Community Garden
Downtown Community Garden
What's New:
Green thumbs wanted! Downtown Neighbors understand the ecological importance of working together for a green future.
In 2024, we started the Downtown Community Garden! If you are interested in being part of the community garden, read more about it below and please complete this form (https://forms.office.com/r/KLHqedYA34) to share more about yourself!
Why It Matters:
By creating the Downtown Community Garden, we wanted to provide a way to grow affordable and fresh produce, promote food security in our city, educate people on successful gardening, and create a beautiful green space out of an unused parking lot. Our focus is on bringing the community together by providing an accessible, educational, and community-built garden.
Dig Deeper:
Location: The garden is located at 250 Seward Avenue NW, also the site of the Las Canchas futsal courts. It is at the northernmost space of the lot, right by the DASH bus stop.
About: The garden consists of 55 raised beds for growing vegetables, flowers, fruits, or herbs. Most plots are reserved by downtown residents for personal use and the three plots are designated for growing food to share with the public. The garden site will has a shed stocked with tools for gardeners to use, a full irrigation system, a three-bay composting system, fruit trees, and various pollinator gardens to attract beneficial wildlife.
Downtown Neighbors, DGRI staff, and Jade Rabbit collaborated to create a Downtown Community Garden. The focus of the garden is to:
- reduce barriers to food access
- engage neighbors in new ways
- connect people to food systems within our community
The garden specifically prioritizes neighbors who live Downtown in multi-unit buildings without yards or spaces designated for growing plants.
Events: Check out our upcoming events on the Jade Rabbit website!
Contact: Reach out to garden@downtowngr.org to get in touch with the garden organizers!
