GARDENS FOR GOOD 2024

Nashville, TN

New Orleans, LA

London, ON

Newburgh, NY

Denver, CO

Portland, OR

Springfield, MA

Vallejo, CA

• Alton Park Community Urban Farm– Chattanooga, TN
• Anthony’s Garden of SSJNN– Erie, PA
• Burnaby and Region Allotment and Garden Association– Burnaby, BC
• Change Agents Community Garden– Bronx (NYC), NY
• Elk Grove Community Garden and Learning Center– Elk Grove, CA
• Green Thumbs Up– Toronto, ON
• Growing Community Greenhouse and Garden– London, ON
• Kelly Street Garden– Bronx (NYC), NY
• NEXUS Community Garden and Urban Farm– Cincinnati, OH
• Ridgecrest Community Garden– Ridgecrest, CA
• The Ecology Center and Market Garden– San Juan Capistrano, CA
• The Village Tree– Wilmington, DE
• Tierra y Paz– Chicago, IL
• Vancouver Urban Food Forest– Vancouver, BC

• AfriThrive Garden – Silver Spring, MD
• Alief Community Garden – Houston, TX
• Arcata Community Health and Wellness Garden – Arcata, CA
• Arma Community Garden – Arma, KS
• Ashamaawaso (s/he feeds a child) – London, ON
• Black Urban Farmers Association – French Camp, CA
• Cheyenne River Youth Project Winyan Toka Win Garden – Eagle Butte, SD
• Cowichan Green Community’s The Inclusion Garden – Duncan, BC
• Food Strong Learning Garden – East Cleveland, OH
• Galiano School Garden – Galiano Island, BC
• Gardeneers Piccolo School Garden – Chicago, IL
• Harris Health System’s LBJ Hospital Community Farm – Houston, TX
• Jubilee Community Garden Society – Duncan, BC
• Manna Meal Community Garden – Charleston, WV
• Mohawk Seedkeepers – Ohsweken, ON
• Odyssey Charter School Garden – Wilmington, DE
• Painted Turtle Farm – Gettysburg, PA
• South Los Angeles Community Farm – Los Angeles, CA
• The Ben Jones Community Garden at The HUUB – Orange, NJ
• The Gathering Place Garden – St. John’s, NL
• The Healing Garden at Ferry Lane Farm – Simsbury, CT
• Trellis for Tomorrow – Phoenixville, PA

Austin Discovery School is an academically rigorous public charter school dedicated to building compassion, collaboration and critical thinking by engaging students with the natural world. In their EcoWellness Program, children learn environmental stewardship, gardening skills, science, and how to care for creatures we share this land with. The program includes dedicated staff, gardens and tended farm animals.

Madison, Wisconsin

In response to mass homelessness and food insecurity, Occupy Madison set out to provide shelter for those in need. Building 99 square foot houses resulted in the first tiny homes village integrated within a U.S. neighborhood, and it’s still going strong. Within the village, the project grows its own food to sustain and connect the community.

Vancouver, B.C.

The Growing Chefs! Program allows children to learn about the origins of food and the benefits of eating well, in a fun way. With volunteer chefs at hand, young students learn everything from planting seeds, growing, and harvesting, to cooking a meal with them. It has been running for more than a decade with schools across British Columbia clamoring to join. The program hopes to include more schools to teach the value of eating sustainably.

Perth, Ontario

Since 2012, the Table Community Garden has been the second affiliate Community Food Centre, offering access to healthy foods. Its nickname the Good Food Bank is what separates it from others. The project offers a variety of fresh products to support healthy and fresh food choices that often come from its own garden. Aside from providing free produce, the project also runs cooking and gardening lessons.

Vancouver, B.C.

Sole Food Street Farm is the brain child from a group of residents in one of North America’s worst urban slums. To help address the problems in their neighborhood, a group of residents created an urban farm, from a vacant contaminated plot of land. The project’s mission is to empower those with limited resources, giving jobs and agricultural training for those managing addiction and, chronic and mental health issues.