Contact: Fred Conrad at fred.conrad@acfb.org
Volunteer contact: Volunteers at volunteers@acfb.org

What is Community Gardening?

With more than 150 gardens in the Atlanta area, the Community Gardens Project brings neighbors together and empowers people to supplement their food supply by growing it themselves. Community gardening stimulates social interaction, encourages self-reliance, truly beautifies neighborhoods and produces nutritious foods, while reducing family food budgets. Each garden is an autonomous neighborhood-based effort where friends share work and responsibility. The Atlanta Community Food Bank provides gardening expertise, volunteer help, tools, seeds and more.

Community Gardens are places for neighbors to come together.

How to Start a Community Garden

Neighborhood groups, schools, clubs and partner agencies that would like to start a community garden are our kind of folks! Our primary interest, of course, is gardening projects that will enhance the food supply of low-income persons. Such gardens can be designed for low-income gardeners or more affluent growers can participate in our "Plant a Row for the Hungry" effort. The Food Bank's community garden coordinator is available to offer help with finding a site, organizing the gardeners, gathering materials and locating volunteers. The best time of the year to begin gardening plans are the months of January, February and March.

Donations Needed for this Project:

Cultivating bountiful gardens is tough work and a variety of tools are needed to help staff and volunteers maintain each garden properly. Want an easy way to help? The next time you're cleaning out your garden shed or shopping at the local hardware store, please keep the following "wish list" in mind:


• Garden hoes
• Post-hole diggers
• Pruners & Trimmers
• Rakes
• Shears
• Shovels

For More Information to Get Involved:

• Frequently Asked Questions.
• Community Gardens Market Co-op.
• Volunteer with Community Gardens.