CollihortCommunity garden resources
Cited national sources for starting and running a community garden, from ACGA, USDA, P-Patch, and others. We link the original page. Curriculum and shop items stay outbound — Collihort does not host those files. To look up a pin first, use Find a community garden.
Find a garden
Search the national garden map, then open or claim a pin on Collihort.
Source: American Community Gardening Association. Open original.
Start a garden
Ten starting steps: land, people, water, and a simple first season.
Source: American Community Gardening Association. Open original.
A readable guide to growing food with neighbors.
Source: American Community Gardening Association. Open original.
A longer handbook for municipal, school, and neighborhood gardens.
Source: NC State Extension / ACGA featured. Open original.
Paid ACGA training for garden leaders and boards. Opens their shop.
Outbound shop or curriculum — open the original.
Source: American Community Gardening Association. Open original.
A short orientation video for people joining a neighborhood garden.
Source: Megan Gregory / NC. Open original.
Run a garden
How-to sections for plots, chores, votes, and day-to-day garden work.
Source: American Community Gardening Association. Open original.
Seed saving, catalogs, and crop varieties to share.
Source: Seed Savers Exchange. Open original.
Soil and citations
Federal programs and citations for garden and food work.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Library. Open original.
Federal programs and citations for garden and food work.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Open original.
Soil, brownfield, and water safety for urban gardens.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Open original.
News and stories from urban farms and community gardens.
Source: City Farmer (Vancouver). Open original.
Networks
A multi-garden program you can learn from or partner with.
Source: VCGN. Open original.
One organization running many neighborhood gardens.
Source: Denver Urban Gardens. Open original.
Seattle’s municipal garden program — waitlists, plots, and city rules.
Source: City of Seattle. Open original.
A multi-garden program you can learn from or partner with.
Source: NCCGP. Open original.
Join ACGA directly. Collihort links out and does not sell this.
Outbound shop or curriculum — open the original.
Source: American Community Gardening Association. Open original.
Orlando’s Spanish-language page for municipal community gardens.
Source: City of Orlando. Open original.