Closing the Loop

Supporting local food systems.

With our Garden Partners program, members have the option to share their earned compost with local farms and gardens, who create equitable access to healthy food in our communities.
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Find your local garden.

Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church Garden
The Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church Community Garden began in 2010 and is a three-season garden, tended spring through fall. The garden has been tended by vested volunteer gardeners from Grace Covenant Church and from the community. Their mission is to donate 75% of the vegetables produced to community organizations that serve our neighbors unable to afford fresh vegetables. 
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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church Garden
The Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church Community Garden began in 2010 and is a three-season garden, tended spring through fall. The garden has been tended by vested volunteer gardeners from Grace Covenant Church and from the community. Their mission is to donate 75% of the vegetables produced to community organizations that serve our neighbors unable to afford fresh vegetables. 
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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Graham's Garden at Lighthouse

At Lighthouse, their mission is to provide safe and supportive homes for individuals seeking both stable housing and a place to heal. They are dedicated to creating a nurturing environment that promotes healing and personal growth, helping individuals rebuild their lives, foster lasting recovery, and reintegrate into their communities with renewed joy, peace, and meaning.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Graham's Garden at Lighthouse

At Lighthouse, their mission is to provide safe and supportive homes for individuals seeking both stable housing and a place to heal. They are dedicated to creating a nurturing environment that promotes healing and personal growth, helping individuals rebuild their lives, foster lasting recovery, and reintegrate into their communities with renewed joy, peace, and meaning.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Rhoades Property Garden

The Rhoades Property Garden serves as a space for UNCA students and faculty and Asheville community members to learn and participate in sustainable agriculture practices.The intergenerational activities that are practiced in the garden are intended to make connections between the diverse communities and neighborhoods of Asheville, educational institutions, and various sectors of the food system. The Rhoades Property garden provides a fun way to learn about sustainability and organic gardening and serves as an opportunity to gain and share knowledge, which in turn will create a community response to local food security.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Rhoades Property Garden

The Rhoades Property Garden serves as a space for UNCA students and faculty and Asheville community members to learn and participate in sustainable agriculture practices.The intergenerational activities that are practiced in the garden are intended to make connections between the diverse communities and neighborhoods of Asheville, educational institutions, and various sectors of the food system. The Rhoades Property garden provides a fun way to learn about sustainability and organic gardening and serves as an opportunity to gain and share knowledge, which in turn will create a community response to local food security.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Sand Hill Community Garden

The Sand Hill Community Garden is located at the Buncombe County Sports Park in West Asheville. They donate produce to MANNA, a local free farmers market, and a free community meal at a local church. Please help them keep this neighborhood garden growing strong by sharing your earned compost.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Sand Hill Community Garden

The Sand Hill Community Garden is located at the Buncombe County Sports Park in West Asheville. They donate produce to MANNA, a local free farmers market, and a free community meal at a local church. Please help them keep this neighborhood garden growing strong by sharing your earned compost.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Shiloh Community Garden

The Shiloh community is rooted in African American settlements dating back to the 19th century. Agriculture serves as a tradition in the area, one they are working to revive through their community garden and other such projects. Youth involvement at the Shiloh Community Garden includes not only the experience of growing produce organically, but lessons in food preparation, healthy eating, permaculture, sustainability, entrepreneurship, literacy, leadership and self-governance.

 

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Shiloh Community Garden

The Shiloh community is rooted in African American settlements dating back to the 19th century. Agriculture serves as a tradition in the area, one they are working to revive through their community garden and other such projects. Youth involvement at the Shiloh Community Garden includes not only the experience of growing produce organically, but lessons in food preparation, healthy eating, permaculture, sustainability, entrepreneurship, literacy, leadership and self-governance.

 

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Grow Dudas HQ

The Grow Dudas HQ urban farm is strategically located in a food desert and serves as a local growing facility and educational site for the community to gather and learn how to grow their own food. We just installed 10 fruit trees in our orchard area and currently have one 4x8 raised garden bed growing strawberries. They are expanding this year and have plans to grow more fruits, vegetables, herbs, and cut flowers.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Grow Dudas HQ

The Grow Dudas HQ urban farm is strategically located in a food desert and serves as a local growing facility and educational site for the community to gather and learn how to grow their own food. We just installed 10 fruit trees in our orchard area and currently have one 4x8 raised garden bed growing strawberries. They are expanding this year and have plans to grow more fruits, vegetables, herbs, and cut flowers.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
HealthMPowers

HealthMPowers, a non-profit in Atlanta, is on a mission to empower healthy habits and change environments where children live, learn and play. Over the past several years, they've partnered with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, engaging members in experiential learning through cooking classes and on-site gardening. They've implemented gardens at over a dozen clubs as a tool to better understand the importance of eating local, fresh produce. They have grown herbs, potatoes, tomatoes, green beans, strawberries, and more! Their partnership provides impactful programming to help members develop the skills to improve their social, emotional, and physical health so that they can achieve the Great Futures they deserve. 

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
HealthMPowers

HealthMPowers, a non-profit in Atlanta, is on a mission to empower healthy habits and change environments where children live, learn and play. Over the past several years, they've partnered with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, engaging members in experiential learning through cooking classes and on-site gardening. They've implemented gardens at over a dozen clubs as a tool to better understand the importance of eating local, fresh produce. They have grown herbs, potatoes, tomatoes, green beans, strawberries, and more! Their partnership provides impactful programming to help members develop the skills to improve their social, emotional, and physical health so that they can achieve the Great Futures they deserve. 

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Historic Westside Gardens

The mission of the Historic Westside Gardens is to advance the wellness of the westside through home food gardens, wellness education, health advocacy, and economic empowerment.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Historic Westside Gardens

The mission of the Historic Westside Gardens is to advance the wellness of the westside through home food gardens, wellness education, health advocacy, and economic empowerment.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Jolly Avenue Garden

The Jolly Avenue Garden is a vibrant community gathering space that fosters a collective experience of beauty, belonging, and friendship with the land and with one another. Our mission is to enrich the Clarkston community by offering growing spaces where refugee gardeners can grow their own food to feed their families and friends and facilitating educational opportunities for folks of all ages through agriculture programming, mentorship, employment, and STEAM curriculum initiatives.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Jolly Avenue Garden

The Jolly Avenue Garden is a vibrant community gathering space that fosters a collective experience of beauty, belonging, and friendship with the land and with one another. Our mission is to enrich the Clarkston community by offering growing spaces where refugee gardeners can grow their own food to feed their families and friends and facilitating educational opportunities for folks of all ages through agriculture programming, mentorship, employment, and STEAM curriculum initiatives.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Love is Love Farm at Gaia Gardens

Love is Love Farm at Gaia Gardens grows healthy food and seeks to sustain the success of farmers through collaboration. They work to achieve this mission through employment and mentorship of young farmers, their farmer collaborative CSA model, and servant leadership to good food and farm organizations.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Love is Love Farm at Gaia Gardens

Love is Love Farm at Gaia Gardens grows healthy food and seeks to sustain the success of farmers through collaboration. They work to achieve this mission through employment and mentorship of young farmers, their farmer collaborative CSA model, and servant leadership to good food and farm organizations.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Civic Garden Center

Civic Garden Center works with neighborhood residents to create community gardens, providing training and technical support for growing fruits and vegetables to create sustainable projects for the entire Greater Cincinnati region. They try to grow using only organic practices and materials. Each community garden grows various fruit and vegetables ranging from eggplant to corn and everything in between. 

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Civic Garden Center

Civic Garden Center works with neighborhood residents to create community gardens, providing training and technical support for growing fruits and vegetables to create sustainable projects for the entire Greater Cincinnati region. They try to grow using only organic practices and materials. Each community garden grows various fruit and vegetables ranging from eggplant to corn and everything in between. 

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Garden of Joy Culinary Academy

The Garden of Joy Culinary Academy was founded by former and current educators who witnessed far too many students succumb to gun violence. This tragic reality inspired them to create a safe space where young people could feel empowered, find purpose, and gain life-changing skills. Located in Cincinnati, the academy provides teenagers and young adults with opportunities to learn culinary arts, develop essential life skills, and receive mentorship in a garden-to-table environment. By combining culinary education with hands-on gardening, they aim to reduce violence, address food insecurity, and foster resilience and self-sufficiency in our community.
Their mission is to empower young people to build brighter futures through education, mentorship, and meaningful, sustainable connections to food and community.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Garden of Joy Culinary Academy

The Garden of Joy Culinary Academy was founded by former and current educators who witnessed far too many students succumb to gun violence. This tragic reality inspired them to create a safe space where young people could feel empowered, find purpose, and gain life-changing skills. Located in Cincinnati, the academy provides teenagers and young adults with opportunities to learn culinary arts, develop essential life skills, and receive mentorship in a garden-to-table environment. By combining culinary education with hands-on gardening, they aim to reduce violence, address food insecurity, and foster resilience and self-sufficiency in our community.
Their mission is to empower young people to build brighter futures through education, mentorship, and meaningful, sustainable connections to food and community.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Sidestreams Foundation's Peace Garden

Sidestreams Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit with the mission of building gardens and creating locally grown fresh food projects. Sidestreams works throughout Cincinnati to not only increase fresh food access, but also empower others with tools and knowledge of how to grow their own food.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Sidestreams Foundation's Peace Garden

Sidestreams Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit with the mission of building gardens and creating locally grown fresh food projects. Sidestreams works throughout Cincinnati to not only increase fresh food access, but also empower others with tools and knowledge of how to grow their own food.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Taft Garden

Taft Garden is a diverse group of passionate Walnut Hills residents growing healthy food, restoring urban soil, beautifying green spaces, and building community. They believe everyone deserves convenient access to fresh and affordable local produce.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Taft Garden

Taft Garden is a diverse group of passionate Walnut Hills residents growing healthy food, restoring urban soil, beautifying green spaces, and building community. They believe everyone deserves convenient access to fresh and affordable local produce.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Well Fed Community Garden

The Well Fed Community Garden is dedicated to reconnecting folks to the source of their nourishment: plants, chickens & bees, soil, air, water, and friendship. The Well Fed Garden is one example of urban agriculture – 20% of their bounty is provided to their volunteers and neighbors and the remaining 80% is sold to local restaurants and farmers markets. This 1.5-acre plot grows delicious seasonal vegetables, fruits & berries, herbs, mushrooms, and flowers all using organic, no-till methods.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Well Fed Community Garden

The Well Fed Community Garden is dedicated to reconnecting folks to the source of their nourishment: plants, chickens & bees, soil, air, water, and friendship. The Well Fed Garden is one example of urban agriculture – 20% of their bounty is provided to their volunteers and neighbors and the remaining 80% is sold to local restaurants and farmers markets. This 1.5-acre plot grows delicious seasonal vegetables, fruits & berries, herbs, mushrooms, and flowers all using organic, no-till methods.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Wolfberry Hawthorn Farm

Wolfberry Hawthorn Farm is a Certified Naturally Grown farm which strives to sustainably grow produce for the local community without the use of any chemical pesticides or animal by-products. They also promote the creation of wildlife habitat with our garden consultations, and promotion of native plants. They push the boundaries of what is grown for food in central NC and are always experimenting with produce not normally grown here.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Wolfberry Hawthorn Farm

Wolfberry Hawthorn Farm is a Certified Naturally Grown farm which strives to sustainably grow produce for the local community without the use of any chemical pesticides or animal by-products. They also promote the creation of wildlife habitat with our garden consultations, and promotion of native plants. They push the boundaries of what is grown for food in central NC and are always experimenting with produce not normally grown here.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*