Community
Garden
Connect
Community Garden Connect, shortened as Garden Connect or CGC, is a program seeded by the Knight Foundation. The program provides three things to community gardeners in Saint Paul & Ramsey County…
Space & time for community garden leaders to connect over shared issues
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Frameworks for considering succession of leadership
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Hollistic support for longevity of all communal growing spaces
DID YOU KNOW?!
There’s a map of community gardens in Ramsey County! Check it out!
CGC also encompasses Human Nature’s material and programmatic theory of vibrant community gardens.
Under our stewardship and partnership, all community gardens will have the 4 P’s!
People
Each garden should have a welcoming space for people to sit, lounge, and convene. Provisions of seating, tables, and shade are important.
Produce
Each garden should have, according to community desires, growing spaces for fruit and vegetables. This may look like individual raised beds, communally worked rows, orchards, or more.
Pollinators
Each garden should have novel and interesting spaces for insects, birds, and other fauna. This may be a mini forest, a native pollinator garden, a bird viewing area, or more.
Programming
Without managed programming for these spaces, community gardens will suffer from inactivity. Gardens shall provide weekly “office hours” at the garden. We can train any organizations we partner with to make community-oriented programming available.
Curious?
Are you an elder garden leader looking for a successor?
Want to join a Google group for community garden leaders?
Are you a young(ish) community member hoping to get involved in garden leadership?
Hoping to get some other support for your community garden in Saint Paul or Ramsey County?