The Friends of Richmond Grows Gardens supports the mission of Richmond Grows Gardens, the community garden program within the City of Richmond’s Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Facilities.
Richmond Grows Gardens cultivates community with plants to achieve food access, environmental resilience, equitable access to green space, and positive mental and physical health benefits for Richmond residents.
Since 2011, Richmond Grows Gardens allows community members to permit City-owned parcels and transform them into community gardens for the benefit of all city residents. Gardens take on many forms: some offer communal space for nourishing neighbors; others organize garden plots for individual households to tend. Many gardens host educational programs for youth and aspiring urban farmers, provide fruit and nut trees for public forage, and practice conservation landscaping to enhance public space by providing insect and wildlife habitat and forage, storm water remediation, and cool the effects of urban heat islands.
Each garden is as unique as the community who grows there, and your support helps the Friends of Richmond Grows Gardens ensure equitable access to green space, provide opportunities to grow fresh food, and deepen relationships with natural world.
For more information and a complete list of our sites, please visit richmondgrowsgardens.org and follow us on Instagram @richmondgrowsgardens.
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