We like LaManda Joy’s How to Start a Community Food Garden: The Essential Handbook so much, we gave it our official seal of approval. Find out why. Read More
Book Review – Start a Community Food Garden: The Essential Handbook
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20 Superfoods You Should Be Growing in Your Garden
Book Review – Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
We read Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life by Eric Klinenberg and believe that only librarians will love this book more than community gardeners. Read More
Share Your Gardening Stories
Whether you’d like to share about a special heirloom strain you cultivated from your grandparents’ farm or tell the story about how your community garden started and has grown, we love sharing your community gardening stories via our e-newsletter. You can submit your stories to us at info@communitygarden.org, and you can also share them at these great websites! Read More
Effective Organic Weed Management
Wondering how you can get rid of the weeds in your garden without resorting to toxic chemicals? We’ve pulled together a handy infographic to help! Read More
Help Create Habitat for Native Pollinators
Bees are responsible for one out of three bites of food we eat — therefore we need to safeguard our food supply by increasing the population of solitary bees, such as mason bees, and working to create and protect their habitat. Read More
Tips for Community Garden Leaders and Organizers
Running and organizing a community garden is rewarding and challenging. We’ve put together a handy infographic with tips to help you lead the way! Read More
Volunteering + Love of Gardening = More Benefits to You
Winter is the perfect time for gardeners to give back by volunteering time, while our gardens lie dormant! Read More
Environmental Education in the Community Garden
The American Community Gardening Association and member organization Peterson Garden Project have been working since 2012 on a grant that promotes environmental education in the community garden setting. Read More
Paying for a College Education through Agricultural Training
Paying for a college education with agricultural training:
A Debt Free Road to “New York City”
Charles Magee, PhD, Professor
Biological and Agricultural Systems Engineering (BASE)
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) Read More