Annual Membership Conferences
Thank you to our conference sponsors, hosts, presenters and participants for a successful event!
Thank you to Michelle Obama and Jay Inslee for video addresses to the ACGA conference. Click here to watch the video addresses!
Sponsors of the 31st ACGA Annual Conference
 
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Past Conferences:
Dates, Locations, and Themes:
| 1978 | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1979 | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1980 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| 1981 | Denver, Colorado | |
| 1982 | Boston, Massachusetts | |
| 1983 | San Jose, California | |
| 1984 | Austin, Texas | "Community Gardens - the key to urban food production in the 1980's" |
| 1985 | New York City | "Community Gardening - a tool towards greening the city" |
| 1986 | St. Louis, Missouri | "Community Gardening - Rooted in People" |
| 1987 | Seattle, Washington | "Community Gardening - Growing for a Livable City" |
| 1988 | Ashville, North Carolina | "Cultivating Communities in the Garden" |
| 1989 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | "The Beet Goes On: Community Development Through Greening" |
| 1990 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | "Community Gardens - Focus on Recycling: People, Land & Resources" |
| 1991 | Cleveland, Ohio | "Cultivating Community Leaders" |
| 1992 | Denver, Colorado | "Partnerships for Community Revitalization" |
| 1993 | Louisville, Kentucky | "Sustainable Communities through Greening" |
| 1994 | Chicago, Illinois | "Roots for the Community" |
| 1995 | Portland, Oregon | "Pathways to Community" |
| 1996 | Montreal, Quebec | "Branching Out: Linking Communities Through Gardening" |
| 1997 | Indianapolis, Indiana/Dayton, Ohio | "Taking Root, Building Community From the Ground Up" |
| 1998 | Seattle, Washington | "Growing EverGreener: Cultivating Healthy Communities" |
| 1999 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | "Keep Dancing to the Beet- 20 Years of ACGA" |
| 2000 | Atlanta, Georgia | "Planting Millennium Seeds for Future Urban Growth" |
| 2001 | Salt Lake City, Utah | "Pioneering Self-Reliance, Conservation and Leadership Through Community Gardening" |
| 2002 | New York City, New York | "Gardeners Restore our World" |
| 2003 | Chicago, Illinois | "Easy Being Green?" |
| 2004 | Toronto, Ontario | "Gardens of Diversity, Growing Across Cultures" |
| 2005 | Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minneapolis | "Gardening in the Heartland - At the Water's Edge" |
| 2006 | Los Angeles, California | "Rooting for the Future" |
| 2007 | Boston, Massachusetts | "Beantown Digs Community Gardens" |
| 2008 | New Orleans, Louisiana | ACGA did not host a Membership Conference in 2008, but instead supported a local service effort in New Orleans | 2009 | Columbus, Ohio | "Putting Down Roots" |
| 2010 | Atlanta, Georgia | "A Holistic Approach to Building Sustainable and Healthy Communities: The Choice is Yours" |