Photography by Mia Ballesteros for Edible San Diego
Find a community garden near you to grow delicious, nutritious food, new friendships, new knowledge, and new traditions around the freshest fruits and vegetables possible.
Information on this list is subject to change. If you have additions or corrections, please contact [email protected].
Three existing and a fourth planned. Check the website for all information.
» carlsbadcommunitygardens.org
Located on Zura Way, the garden is a volunteer-run nonprofit that collaborates with San Diego State University for research that fosters community between residents and students. Donates to food partners.
Produce garden, grapevines, fruit orchard, chicken coop, and kid-friendly activities.
BIPOC and women-led by Botanical Community Development Initiatives.
Celebrating 30 years on Center City Pkwy., south of El Norte Pkwy.
Additional garden for seniors, shade, and picnic tables.
» escondido.gov/221/Community-Gardens-Program
Located on the Utilities District land in a residential area and managed by Mission Resource Conservation District (RCD) and Fallbrook Public Utilities District. Intended for people without space at home to grow food.
» missionrcd.org/fallbrook-community-garden
Urban crop-share in San Diego, south of Poway, where neighbors are coached to grow and share food from their land.
Within Ivey Ranch Park Association.
Established in 1981 at 2260 Front St. in San Diego’s Bankers Hill neighborhood. Produce contributes to the San Diego Food Bank.
» jfcg.org
Founded in 2018
» lemongrovecommunitygarden.us/about
The garden serves as an event and education space for sustainable agriculture practices. Produce is sold through the mobile farmers market truck serving southeast San Diego.
» projectnewvillage.org/venue/mt-hope-community-garden
One of the longest-running in the county.
UCSD learning garden. Saturday harvests are taken home by volunteers.
» theglobalactionresearchcenter.org
Cooperates with neighbors and schools. Workshops and events.
» sancarloscommunitygarden.com
More than 200 garden plots in Bonita, within Sweetwater Regional Park.
» rcdsandiego.org/sweetwater-community-garden
Located on the corners of Hollister Street and Sunset Avenue, this is the largest Community Garden in San Diego County. Incubator plots are available for people wanting to learn farming. Managed by the County of San Diego and the RCD of Greater San Diego County.
Julie Pendray has experience working in the natural resources and environmental field, and also moonlighting in the food industry and traveling for stories. She is a certified master composter, an avid gardener, and loves to learn about nutrition. She has covered California as a journalist for over four decades.
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