Support for Community Gardens
Cottage City Community Garden
Community gardens share many of the same soil and water resource concerns as our urban farms. The District can develop a Soil Conservation and Water Quality Plan for your community garden and work with you to implement common soil health and water conservation practices such as crop rotation, cover crop, pollinator habitat, contour farming, mulching, soil testing, water harvesting and conservation solutions, and more!
We can also connect you with our partners at the Natural Resources Conservation Service about funding opportunities for items like High Tunnels Systems, Raised Beds and ADA Accessible Heavy Use Areas. Please see this presentation on funding for urban farms and community gardens.
Finally, be sure to check out the County’s Community Garden Mini-Grant Program, Raincheck Rebate Program and Stormwater Stewardship Grant Program. Our County’s Office of Food Security also provides support for community gardens. Contact Program Manager, Bridget Warren.
Community Gardens in Prince George’s County?
If you are looking to join a community garden, please check out the following:
- The Maryland – National Capital Park and Planning Commission Community Gardens
- UMD Extension Community Gardens
- Berwyn Heights Community Garden
- Bowie Community Gardens
- Cheverly Community Garden
- Colmar Manor Community Garden
- Cottage City Community Garden
- College Park Community Gardens
- Emerson Street Food Forest
- Fairmont Heights Community Garden
- Fiesta Place Garden
- Greenbelt Community Gardens
- Greenbelt Food Forest
- Greenbelt Three Sisters Demonstration Gardens
- Heurich Park Garden
- Hyatt Park Community Garden
- Laurel Community Garden
- McClanahan Food Forest
- Mt Rainier Community Food Forest
- Mt. Rainier Community Garden
- New Carrollton Community Garden
- Prince George’s Community College Service Learning Garden
The Office of Food Security has created a map of community gardens in Prince George’s County.
Contact Us
For information on how to start a community garden, please contact University of MD Extension and the American Community Gardening Association. Here is a direct link to some of ACGA’s start-up resources as well as UMD Extension resources. We also have resources from our 2022 Community Garden Summit and Bloomin’ PGC Partners as well as a link to the County’s mini-grant program for community gardens.
If you are looking to connect with other community gardens, join the Garden PGC Google Group (Please send an email request to garden-pgc+subscribe@googlegroups.com). For technical assistance on soil health practices and conservation planning for your community garden or to be added to this group, contact our Urban Agricultural Conservation Program Manager, Kim Rush Lynch. Please let us know if we’ve missed any community gardens or forests!