How to Start a Community Garden Janet B. Carson Extension Horticulture Specialist.

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How to Start a Community Garden Janet B. Carson Extension Horticulture Specialist

Organize a meeting of interested people Identify possible sites Funding sources Water availability Partnerships What type of gardens – Raised beds, – Seasonal or year-round

Who will be involved? Anyone in the community who wants to garden? Neighborhood based Senior Citizen Center School

Gibbs/ Dunbar School Garden

Determine budgets Who pays for water? Plot rental? Security Seeds, plants, fertilizer

Contracts? Put in writing what is expected. Who will maintain if they don’t? Individual or group plots?

One person cannot do it alone Create networks of support. Build coalitions. Work with local food banks.

Advertise Get the word out. Hold open houses Invite the press.

Start small, and build on success