Ed . note : This article supplements a larger feature on community of interests horticulture in the Spring 2025 issue ofNorthern Gardener . get wind more about this topic and how you may read it onlinehere .
start out a Community Garden is no simple undertaking . There are so many things to wield , whether it ’s retrieve realm , coordinating schedules with your neighbors , finding supplies , organizing planting day — and then you have the many tasks that come with maintaining and harvesting for the residual of the season . luckily , there are a set of helpful resources online from people who have lead through the steps of establishing and preserving their own community garden .
To facilitate make this challenging ( and rewarding ) process a bit well-to-do , we take out together some of our favorite resource for your community gardening project . Materials include everything from canonical gardening information to where you might deal the teemingness of produce you are about to develop as a community !
Youth at the Face to Face Academy in St. Paul harvest cut flowers from their community garden.
Inspiring Stories and Why you Should Start a Community Garden
Community gardens are such important space in our humanity to establish connections , healthy keep habits , and admission to low - price healthy food that one can produce themselves . Read a few of the stories below to get a gumption of the impact residential district garden can make , along with how many already live around you .
The Growing Power of Placemaking
Creating a Community Garden at Face 2 Face Academy
A display of interplanted vegetables and flowers provides a great educational opportunity to new gardeners.
Ornamental Plants in Community Gardens
constitute a Community Garden in Midway
Inspiring Story : Project Sweetie Pie
pep up Story : Vera ’s Garden
Map of Community Gardens in MN
Land, Capital, and Low-Cost Gardening Materials
Finding people who need to garden with you is just the first dance step in starting a residential area garden . From there , you ’ll find there are many moving pieces before you may continue . Here are some resources to facilitate you navigate finding land , money , and low - cost material .
Connecting Land Owners with gardener
Low - price Tool Borrowing
Low - Cost flora material
Where to determine Compost for Community Gardeners
Public Garden Funding Resources
Minnesota Department of Agriculture Funding Opportunities
How to Start a Community Garden
As you set about to garden together as a group , you may find these tips and tricks helpful for relieve any stress that might come up throughout the mental process .
7 Effective Steps to get a Community Garden
Twin Cities Community Garden Guide
create Community Gardens
Resources for successful gardening techniques
If you desire to start community horticulture , but may not be an experienced nurseryman yet , this collection of articles and resources will help you gain a foundation of acquirement and knowledge to divvy up with your residential district .
wangle Healthy Soil
Companion Planting
Online Garden Designer
Vegetables 101
Freeze and Frost Dates
How to uprise Safe Food
Growing for Nutrition Guide
Northern GardenerSpring Planning Issue
Where to go with further questions
When the horticulture time of year hit , we bonk you will have more head to research ( we always do ! ) . Keep these resource bookmarked to see how you’re able to uncover more knowledge to take into the garden with you !
Who Can reply my Gardening Questions ?
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see some Webinars and DIY Videos
Photo credit rating : Michelle Bruhn .
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