Community gardens
Cultivating community: Gardens that feed
Seeking to contribute to food security? Community Gardens bring people together to cultivate their own food. Washington State University Master Gardeners actively participate in numerous community gardens, imparting invaluable tips and techniques to boost yields and tackle pesky gardening challenges. These collaborative green spaces offer convenient access to wholesome, locally-grown produce, addressing food insecurity across the state while fostering a sense of community.
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Community Gardens across Pierce County
Extension Master Gardeners teach sustainable food gardening practices using research-backed information. In Pierce County, we’ve established relationships with several Community Gardens, where we come together to learn and grow fresh, nutrient-rich produce. Additionally, we encourage gardeners to donate surplus harvests to local food banks.
Featured partners and gardens:
Harvest Pierce County
With more than 90 community gardens across the county, there is one near you.
Steilacoom Historical Community Garden
Steilacoom, WA 98388
Our Mission: To honor our Town’s historical garden traditions by growing organic fruits and vegetables, partnering with our schools and other organizations to educate others about the value and history of gardening with heirloom plants, and alleviating hunger by sharing a portion of what we grow with our neighbors.
Gallucci Garden
Tacoma, Washington 98405
A cooperative community garden in downtown Tacoma and a 2020 recipient of a Tacoma Creates grant for educational outreach. Stewards work together to grow and share produce. 50% of what we grow is donated to support food security in our neighborhood.
Fruitland Grange
Puyallup, WA 98373
Another grant recipient from our foundation, The Fruitland Grange Community Garden now supplies water to the community garden from cistern to garden using hoses. This is a new garden for 2024 and this garden has researched the best way to store and provide water for their garden.
JBLM McChord Garden
Plots at Lewis North & McChord field
JBLM has an extensive community garden. Partnering with GRuB (Garden Raised Bounty www.goodgrub.org ) who added four new raised beds to the fully utilized McChord Garden on the JBLM site.
Orchard & Vine Community Garden
Tacoma, WA
The Orchard and Vine Community Garden is a neighborhood community garden of 22 plots. This garden gives its excess produce to the Food Bank at Mason Methodist Church.
Frequently asked questions:
A: Well, not quite. The role of Master Gardeners is to educate, so if you are looking for knowledgeable gardeners to help mentor in your community garden, give us a call. Any labor a Master Gardener supplies… they do it out of love for gardening.