Community Garden

Community Garden Useful Links

• Podcasts

  • Gardening with the RHS Podcast 'Gardening with the RHS' offers seasonal advice, inspiration, and practical solutions to gardening problems. Trusted gardening professionals give you the latest horticultural advice, scientific research, and tried and tested techniques to bring out the best in your garden. Topics covered include: growing your own vegetables, flowers, garden design, lawn care, and gardening with children. Plus expert masterclasses in topics ranging from cottage garden plants, growing orchids, to pest control and eco-friendly gardening. Plus we’ll have behind the scenes reports from the country’s most prestigious flower shows. There’s something in these podcasts to interest every gardener, whatever your level of expertise. Click play_circle_filled to listen to an episodecancelplay_circle_filled

    Snowdrop special - Gardening with the RHS

    In this week’s episode we visit Cambo Gardens in Fife to meet snowdrop enthusiast Lady Catherine Erskine and her impressive collection of these iconic winter flowers. Plus contributions from nurserywoman Jane Rowlinson of Galanthus specialists Morlas Plants, and snowdrop growing tips from RHS gardening advisor Nikki Barker.

    1. Snowdrop special 16:37
    2. Looking forward to 2021 16:29

• Articles

  • National Agricultural Library Community Gardening Community gardens are plots of land, usually in urban areas, that are rented by individuals or groups for private gardens or are for the benefit of the people caring for the garden. Dig into these resources to learn about healthy, local food. cancel
  • Money Crashers What Is a Community Garden - Benefits & How to Start Your Own Interested in community gardening? Learn more about the many benefits of a community garden, how to find one, and how to set one up in your neighborhood. cancel
  • Plant a Seed & See What Grows Foundation How to Start a Community Garden in Your Neighborhood 6 Steps to Starting a Community Garden in Your Neighborhood, Courtesy of the Plant A Seed Foundation of Canada. cancel
  • TED Building Community One Garden at a Time Zoe Hansen-DiBello shares the stories of connection and community in her work with public schools and community gardens; growing food and community simultaneously. cancel
  • Nourish Project 8 Things to Know about Community Gardens
  • NC State Extension Publications How to Organize a Community Garden This publication covers the keys to a successful community garden of individual plots including forming a strong planning team, choosing a safe site accessible to the target audience with sunlight and water, organizing a simple transparent system for management and designing and installing the garden. Appendices offer a sample layout, sample by-laws, sample budgets and a list of resources. cancel
  • Project for Public Spaces Beyond Food: Community Gardens as Places of Connection and Empowerment With a long and contested history, urban gardens have become a symbol of community activism and empowerment, and they are part of a contemporary grassroots movement supporting environmental justice, collective action, and equitable access to nutrition and good health. cancel
  • RHS Gardening Set up a community garden Transform a space in your community with our useful tips and advice. From identifying an to transform, navigating insurance issues and recruiting people to get involved, we can help you inspire others to grow. cancel
  • Sustainable Food Center Strengthening communities through community gardens Community gardens are well known for providing space for neighbors to grow fresh, healthy food close to home. But beyond improving food access, community gardens provide the space for powerful neighborhood-level social change. When a group of neighbors joins together to organize, build, and manage a community garden, they, bringing an impressive array of benefits to their community. cancel
  • The Art of Simple Community Gardens: What They Are, How to Find Them and Why You Might Consider Joining One Four years ago I found myself in such a situation. I was living in a ground-level condo and desperately wanted to learn to garden. I had a large deck but container gardening just didn’t appeal. Neither did I think the grounds caretakers would appreciate discovering a zucchini bush in amongst the rhododendrons. cancel
  • University of California Community Garden Start-Up Guide Guide to help neighborhood groups and organizations along the path to starting and sustaining a community garden. cancel
  • K-State Research and Extension Community Gardens Articles
  • American Community Gardening Association Resources

• Essentials

  • Amazon.com - Best Garden Tool Sets Discover the best Garden Tool Sets in Best Sellers. Find the top 100 most popular items in Amazon Best Sellers. cancel
  • PictureThis Identify plants by photo Identifying plants has got easier than ever with PictureThis! Simply take or upload a photo of any plant, and get instantaneous and accurate plant ID results with our revolutionary artificial intelligence technology. From watering frequency to pest and disease control, from literature to fun fact, everything you want to know about the plant is here in PictureThis. cancel
    
  • Kevin Espiritu - Field Guide to Urban Gardening: How to Grow Plants, No Matter Where You Live Raised Beds • Vertical Gardening • Indoor Edibles • Balconies and Rooftops • Hydroponics cancel
  • PlantNet Plant Identification PlantNet is an application that allows you to identify plants simply by photographing them with your smartphone. Very useful when you don't have a botanist on hand! [email protected] is also a great citizen science project: all the plants you photograph are collected and analyzed by scientists around the world to better understand the evolution of plant biodiversity and to better preserve it. cancel
    

• Courses

  • University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Community Garden Webinar Series There is a good amount of planning that needs to go into creating a successful community garden. University of Illinois Extension's Community Garden Webinar Series takes users through a variety of modules discussing the different steps that can be taken to develop a successful community garden. cancel
  • WebinarJam OnDemand Masterclass 27: How to Start a Community Garden What are the best ways to create a thriving community garden in your local area - a place to grow food, community, resilience and a great place to be? cancel
  • Social Farms & Gardens Training events & workshops Training designed for you. New – Monthly Social Farms & Gardens Webinars cancel

• Blogs

  • The Bellevue Hospital Community Garden Blog
  • The Community Gardens Blog

• Websites

  • American Community Gardening Association Growing Communities Across the U.S. and Canada The mission of the American Community Gardening Association is to build community by increasing and enhancing community gardening and greening across the United States and Canada. cancel
  • Social Farms & Gardens Growing well together Social Farms & Gardens is a UK wide charity supporting communities to farm, garden and grow together. cancel

• Near You

  • Meetup Community Garden | Find your people Find Meetups and meet people in your local community who share your interests. cancel
  • Gardening Channel How to Find Local Community Gardens Community gardens are becoming a more appealing way to beautify neighborhoods, and to bring communities together. Perhaps you do not have the space to have a garden at your own home, in which case a community plot would be a wonderful opportunity. cancel
  • Social Farms & Gardens Find Gardens Near You (UK)
  • Big Blog Of Gardening Community Garden Near You: Find One Now A community garden near you is a great choice if you have the desire to grow vegetables, fruit or flowers, but don't have the space. cancel