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

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

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

4. Gibbs/ Dunbar School Garden

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

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

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

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

9. Start small, and build on success