From Atlanta’s historic westside neighborhoods to Austell, and from Lilburn to Cabbagetown, community gardens are helping to shape the landscape of metro Atlanta. They are an essential source of fresh, local produce in areas where access to these foods is scarce, but their benefits reach far beyond the food they grow. They beautify neighborhoods and support local ecology, providing safe spaces and meeting places for everyone from children to seniors. They serve as hands-on teaching centers where people can connect to each other and to the earth where their food comes from.

Since 2015, we have awarded over 187 Community Garden Grants to help gardeners complete infrastructure projects, purchase resources and practice new innovations. Every year, we’re more inspired by the creative ways community gardeners use the funds. We can’t wait to see the new compost systems, beekeeping equipment, raised beds for wheelchair access, and more! We celebrate you for increasing access to healthier local food and building communities that thrive.


2023 Recipients

In 2023, Food Well Alliance provided $117,500 in direct financial support financial support to 67 community gardens through the $10,000 Garden Forward Grant and the $1,500 Garden Improvement Grant. These gardens are located across our 5-county metro Atlanta service area and serve others by growing food in their community. You can learn more about Community Garden Grants here.

Garden Forward Grant

1. Jolly Avenue Garden -- Friends of Refugees
2. I.T and Lodemia Terrell Austell Community Garden

Garden Improvement Grant

1. Acworth Community Garden
2. Adamsville Community Garden
3. Ashford Parkside and Landing
4. Blue Heron Nature Preserve Community Garden
5. Campbellton Community Garden
6. Canaan Farms
7. CCYA Blooming with Possibilities Garden/Farm
8. Champion Gardeners Youth Entrepreneurs
9. College Park Ward 4 Community Garden
10. Community Garden@Snellville
11. Creation Care
12. Creative Enterprises Community Garden
13. Cross Culture Community Garden
14. Decatur Christian Towers Community Garden
15. Doghead Farm
16. Doraville Unity Garden
17. Elm Street Urban Farm
18. Five Points Farm, a community garden
19. Fresh Oasis Community Garden
20. Garden Isaiah
21. Garden of Hope
22. Gondwana Learning Garden
23. Green Meadows Community Garden
24. GSU Community Garden
25. Home Stretch Community Garden
26. Jasmine Stewart Community Garden
27. Jones Bridge Community Garden
28. Kings Forest Combined Communities Corp Garden
29. Lanier Community Garden
30. Legacy Community Garden
31. Lilburn Community Garden
32. McDaniel Farm Project
33. Norcross Discovery Garden Park
34. Norris Lake Community Garden
35. North Cobb Regional Library Community Garden
36. North DeKalb Mall Garden -- Global Growers Network

37. North Fulton Community Garden
38. North Marietta Neighborhood Community Garden
39. Oakland Community Garden @ New Hope Christian Church
40. Our Giving Garden
41. Parkview Community Garden
42. Peace Garden
43. Redan Community Garden
44. Reserve at Mills Creek Senior Citizens Community Garden
45. Rex Community Garden
46. Rooks' Nook Community Garden
47. Roots Bearing Fruits Community Garden @ Holy Cross
48. SCOUT & GROW
49. Southwest Church Community Garden
50. Spelman Community Garden
51. St. John Neumann Community Garden
52. St. Thomas Aquinas Giving Garden and Orchard
53. Stone Mountain Community Garden at VFW Park
54. The BeeLieve Community Garden
55. The Circle Garden
56. The GROWL Community Garden at Camp Truitt
57. The Lake Claire Community Land Trust
58. The Organic Community Garden at New Hope
59. The Reserve at Hairston Lake Senior Community
60. UFO Community Gardens at Urban Farm in Ormewood LLC
61. UPON THIS ROCK COMMUNITY GARDEN
62. West End StationSoccer Community Garden
63. Wylde Center's Coan Community Garden
64. YGM garden
65. Zonolite/Nickel Bottom Community Garden


2022 Recipients

In 2022, the Community Garden Grant provided financial support to 65 community gardens across our 5-county metro Atlanta service area and is supporting both established community gardens, as well as newer gardens as they continue to develop and serve others by growing food in their community. You can learn more here.

1. A Sip of Paradise Garden
2. Acworth Community Garden
3. Alkebulan Garden
4. Camp Truitt GROWL Garden
5. Campbellton Community Garden
6. Canaan Farms
7. CCYA Blooming with Possibilities Garden
8. Christian City Community Garden
9. Clarkston International Garden
10. Clayton County District 3 Community Garden at Gerald Matthews Complex
11. Community Garden of Jonesboro
12. Community Garden of Morrow
13. Community Garden@ Snellville
14. Cross Culture Community Garden
15. Demonstration Gardens @ McDaniel Farm Park
16. DIGnity Community Garden
17. FEED THE TEMPLE
18. Fire Station 28 Community Garden
19. Five Points Farm
20. Flat Shoals Park Community Garden
21. Fresh Oasis Community Garden with Champion Gardeners
22. Friends of Collier Heights Park Garden
23. Garden Isaiah
24. Garden of Hope
25. Gardens at Camp Creek
26. Golightly Street Community Garden
27. Grant Park Community Garden
28. Green Meadows Community Garden
29. I.T. and Lodemia Terrell Community Garden & Educational Center / Austell Community Garden
30.Incarnation Community Garden
31. Jasmine Stewart Community Garden
32. Jolly Avenue Garden
33. Jones Bridge Community Garden

34. Kings Forest Combines Communities Garden
35. Lanier Community Garden
36. Mabry Park Community Garden
37. Metro Atlanta Urban Farm Community Garden
38. Metro Transitional Center Food Garden
39. Norcross Discovery Garden Park
40. Norris Lake Community Garden
41. North Cobb Library Community Garden
42. O4W Community Garden
43. Oakland Community Garden at New Hope Christian Church
44. Outdoor Fresh Farm
45. Peace Garden
46. Plant a Row for the Hungry (PAR) of Master Gardener Volunteers of Cobb County
47. Rooks' Nook Community Garden
48. S.E. Gwinnett Co-operative Garden
49. Scott Park Community Garden
50. Southwest Church Community Garden
51. St. Thomas Aquinas Giving Garden and Orchard
52. Starnes Senior Residences
53. Stone Mountain Community Garden at VFW Park
54. The BeeLieve Community Garden
55. The Bridge at Austin Community Center
56. The Creative Community Garden
57. The Murph Community Garden
58. The Organic Community Garden at New Hope
59. The View
60. Toco Hills Community Garden
61. Upon This Rock Community Garden
62. Urban Farm in Ormewood LLC
63. Wylde Center Community Gardens
64. Your Faith Farms
65. Zonolite/Nickel Bottom Community Garden


2021 Recipients

In 2021, Food Well Alliance continued our annual Community Garden Grant awards, which include financial support, compost delivery as well as a three-bin compost system. Applicants were invited to apply for one, two or all three grants! You can learn more here.

GARDEN IMPROVEMENT GRANT

  1. A Sip of Paradise Garden

  2. Adair Park Community Garden

  3. Adamsville/Fain Community Garden

  4. Alkebulan Garden

  5. ARCADIA COMMUNITY GARDEN

  6. Ashford Parkside and Landing Senior Community Garden

  7. Austell Community Garden/ IT and Lodemia Terrell Community Garden

  8. Brownwood Park Community Garden

  9. Camp Truitt GROWL Garden (Growing Real Opportunities in Work and Life)

  10. Campbellton Community Garden

  11. Cannan Farms

  12. Capitol View / Jesse Dill Community Garden

  13. Chamblee Community Garden at Village Park

  14. Christian City Community Garden

  15. Clayton County District 3 Community Garden at Gerald Matthews Complex

  16. CNC Unity Garden

  17. Collier Heights Park Garden

  18. Creation Care

  19. Creative Enterprises Community Garden

  20. Cross Culture Community Garden

  21. Decatur Christian Towers Community Garden

  22. Demonstration Gardens @McDaniel Farm Park

  23. Doghead Farm

  24. DUG Northwoods Gardens

  25. East Atlanta Village Educational Chef’s Garden

  26. East Lake Commons Community Garden

  27. East Point Historical Society Community Garden

  28. Fair Oaks Community Garden

  29. Favor Garden

  30. Fire Station 28 Community Garden

  31. Five Points Farm, A Community Garden

  32. Flat Shoals Park Community Garden

  33. Friends of Atlanta Urban Food Forest at Brownsmill Communities Collaborative, Inc.

  34. Garden of Hope

  35. Glenrose Community Garden

  36. Heaven's Corner: Historic Westside Gardens

  37. Henderson Park Community Garden, Inc

  38. Historic Mableton Community Garden

  39. Historic Westside Gardens

  40. Holy Cross Community Garden "Roots Bearing Fruits"

  41. Horticultural Therapy (HT) Sensory Garden

  42. Jasmine Stewart Community Garden

  43. Jolly Avenue Garden

  44. Kings Forest Combined Communities Corporation Garden

  45. Lake Claire Community Land Trust

  46. Lanier Community Garden

  47. LEAF Community garden

  48. Lilburn Community Garden

  49. Marietta Senior Towers Community Garden

  50. Memorial Drive Ministries Garden

  51. Metro Atlanta Urban Farm Community Garden

  52. Mother Clyde Memorial West End Garden

  53. Nancy Maxwell Community Garden

  54. Norcross Discovery Garden Park

  55. Norris Lake Community Garden

  56. Oakland Community Garden at New Hope Christian Church

  57. Old Fourth Ward Community Garden

  58. Omenala Griot Museum

  59. Peace Garden

  60. Reconnecting Our Roots Community Garden

  61. Rex Community Garden

  62. RUMC Giving Garden

  63. S.C.O.U.T. & GROW (eastwyck townhomes community garden)

  64. St. Thomas Aquinas Giving Garden

  65. Stephenson Vine Project Community Garden

  66. Stone Mountain Community Garden at VFW Park

  67. The Ability Garden at Callanwolde

  68. The Believe Community Garden

  69. The Bridge at Austin Community Center Garden

  70. The Community Garden at Oak Hill Center

  71. The Harvest Garden

  72. The Next Generation Community Garden

  73. The Organic Community Garden at New Hope

  74. The Reserve at Hairston Lake Senior Community

  75. UGA Extension MGVOCC - Raised Beds Teaching Garden

  76. Upon This Rock Community Garden

  77. Urban Food Forest @ the Outdoor Activity Center

  78. Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill Community Garden

  79. Urban Food Garden @ Metro Transitional Center (also known as the Give Back Garden)

  80. Whitehall Terrace Community Garden

  81. Winter Spring Community Garden

  82. Wylde Center Community Gardens at Sugar Creek, Oakhurst Garden, and Mulberry Fields

  83. YGMOVEMENT Gardens

  84. Your Faith Farms

  85. Zonolite

COMPOST DELIVERY

  1. A Sip of Paradise Garden

  2. Adair Park Community Garden

  3. Adamsville/Fain Community Garden

  4. Alkebulan Garden

  5. Austell Community Garden/ IT and Lodemia Terrell Community Garden

  6. Brownwood Park Community Garden

  7. Camp Truitt GROWL Garden (Growing Real Opportunities in Work and Life

  8. Campbellton Community Garden

  9. Cannan Farms

  10. Capitol View / Jesse Dill Community Garden

  11. City Fresh Garden

  12. Clayton County District 3 Community Garden at Gerald Matthews Complex

  13. Collier Heights Park Garden

  14. Community Garden@Snellville

  15. Creation Care

  16. Creative Enterprises Community Garden

  17. Cross Culture Community Garden

  18. Demonstration Gardens @McDniel Farm Park, a.k.a. The McDaniel Farm Project

  19. East Lake Commons Community Garden

  20. East Point Historical Society Community Garden

  21. Favor Garden

  22. Fertile Ground

  23. Fire Station 28 Community Garden

  24. Five Points Farm, A Community Garden

  25. Flat Shoals Park Community Garden

  26. Gardens at Camp Creek

  27. Grape Roots Inc.

  28. Harvest Farm Community Garden

  29. Heaven's Corner: Historic Westside Gardens

  30. Henderson Park Community Garden, Inc

  31. Historic Mableton Community Garden

  32. Historic Westside Gardens

  33. Holy Cross Community Garden "Roots Bearing Fruits"

  34. Jasmine Stewart Community Garden

  35. Jolly Avenue Garden

  36. Kings Forest Combined Communities Corporation Garden

  37. Lanier Community Garden

  38. Lilburn Community Garden

  39. Marietta Senior Towers Community Garden

  40. Memorial Drive Ministries Garden

  41. Metro Atlanta Urban Farm Community Garden

  42. Mother Clyde Memorial West End Garden

  43. Norris Lake Community Garden

  44. North Marietta Neighborhood Community Garden

  45. Oakland Community Garden at New Hope Christian Church

  46. Old Fourth Ward Community Garden

  47. Old Rucker Farm

  48. Omenala Griot Museum

  49. Peace Garden

  50. Plant A Row for the Hungry (PAR)

  51. Rex Community Garden

  52. Riverside Neighborhood Community Garden

  53. RUMC Giving Garden

  54. S.C.O.U.T. & GROW (eastwyck townhomes community garden)

  55. SE Gwinnett Co-operative Garden

  56. St. Thomas Aquinas Giving Garden

  57. Stone Mountain Community Garden at VFW Park

  58. The Believe Community Garden

  59. The Bridge at Austin Community Center Garden

  60. The Harvest Garden

  61. The Next Generation Community Garden

  62. The Organic Community Garden at New Hope

  63. The Reserve at Hairston Lake Senior Community

  64. Toco Hills Community Garden

  65. UGA Extension MGVOCC - Raised Beds Teaching Garden

  66. Upon This Rock Community Garden

  67. Urban Food Forest @ the Outdoor Activity Center

  68. Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill Community Garden

  69. Urban Food Garden @ Metro Transitional Center (also known as the Give Back Garden)

  70. Victory Garden

  71. Whitehall Terrace Community Garden

  72. Winter Spring Community Garden

  73. Wylde Center Community Gardens at Sugar Creek, Oakhurst Garden, and Mulberry Fields

  74. YGMOVEMENT Gardens

  75. Your Faith Farms

  76. Zonolite

COMPOSTING BIN SYSTEM

  1. Capitol View / Jesse Dill Community Garden

  2. Clayton County District 3 Community Garden at Gerald Matthews Complex

  3. Historic Mableton Community Garden

  4. Old Rucker Farm

  5. Mulberry Fields Community Garden


2020 Recipients

In 2020, Food Well Alliance our annual Community Garden Grant awards included financial support, compost delivery as well as a three-bin compost system. Applicants were invited to apply for one, two or all three grants! You can learn more here.

GARDEN IMPROVEMENT GRANT

  1. Adamsville Community Garden

  2. Brownwood Park Community Garden

  3. Campbellton Community Garden

  4. CDUMC Community Garden

  5. Community Garden@Snellville (CG@S)

  6. Community Orchard at Atlanta Good Shepherd Community Church

  7. Decatur’s Kitchen Garden

  8. Fairway Community Farm

  9. Feed the Temple

  10. Flat Shoals Park Community Garden

  11. Grape Roots

  12. Grove Park Community Garden

  13. Hyde Farm Community Garden

  14. Kings Forest Combined Communities Garden

  15. Lakeview Seventh-Day Adventist Church Orchard and Garden Club

  16. Lilburn Community Garden

  17. Mother Clyde Memorial West End Community Garden

  18. Norris Lake Community Garden

  19. Quest Commmunity Garden

  20. Redan Community Garden

  21. Rex Park Community Garden /Carl Rhodenizer Recreation Center

  22. Riverside Neighborhood Community Garden

  23. Seedtime and Harvest Greenhouse and Garden

  24. Stone Mountain Community Garden

  25. The Bridge at Austin Community Center

  26. The Gardens at Camp Creek

  27. Upon This Rock Community Garden

  28. WALT Outdoor Classroom & Learning Garden

  29. Westview Community Garden

  30. Wylde Center Sugar Creek Garden

COMPOST DELIVERY

  1. A Sip of Paradise (part of East Atlanta Village Edible Learning Garden)

  2. Adamsville Community Garden

  3. Arcadia Garden

  4. Austell Community Garden: I.T. and Lodemia Terrell Community Garden and Educational Center

  5. Blackburn Park Community Garden

  6. Brownwood Park Community Garden

  7. Campbellton Community Garden

  8. CDUMC Community Garden

  9. Creation Care

  10. Decatur’s Kitchen Garden

  11. Dunwoody Community Garden and Orchard at Brook Run, Inc.

  12. Favor Garden

  13. Feed the Temple

  14. Flat Shoals Park Community Garden

  15. Garden of Hope

  16. Give Back Garden at Metro Transitional Center

  17. Grape Roots

  18. Green Meadows Community Garden

  19. Grove Park Community Garden

  20. Historic Mableton Community Garden

  21. Kings Forest Combined Communities Garden

  22. Lanier Community Garden

  23. Lawrenceville Housing Authority Community Garden

  24. Mason's Community Garden

  25. Mother Clyde

  26. Memorial West End Community Garden

  27. Nickel Bottom Garden at Zonolite Park

  28. Norris Lake Community Garden

  29. North Marietta Neighborhood Community Garden

  30. Peace Garden

  31. Pittsburgh Community Garden

  32. Plant A Row for the Hungry (PAR)

  33. Providence Community Garden

  34. Redan Community Garden

  35. Rex Park Community Garden /Carl Rhodenizer Recreation Center

  36. RUMC Giving Garden

  37. South Bend Center for Air and Culture Community Garden

  38. Stone Mountain Community Garden

  39. The Bridge at Austin Commuinty Center

  40. The Farm at Wilkerson Mill Community Garden

  41. The G.R.O.V.E. Urban Farm

  42. Thomasville Heights Elementary School Farm

  43. Upon This Rock Community Garden

  44. Urban Farm in Ormewood Community Gardens

  45. Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill Community Garden

  46. WALT Outdoor Classroom & Learning Garden

  47. White Street Park Harvest Farm and Orchard

  48. Wylde Center Edgewood Community Learning Garden

  49. Wylde Center Mulberry Fields

  50. Wylde Center Oakhurst Garden

  51. Wylde Center Sugar Creek Garden


2019 Recipients

In 2019, Food Well Alliance expanded our annual Community Garden Grant awards to include compost delivery as well as a three-bin compost system, in addition to funding to improve community gardens. Applicants were invited to apply for one, two or all three grants.

COMPOSTING BIN SYSTEM

  1. Creation Care

  2. Flat Shoals Park Community Garden

  3. Greening Youth Community Garden @UCTI

  4. Hope With Gardens

  5. Lilburn Community Garden

  6. Parkview Community Garden

GARDEN IMPROVEMENT GRANT

  1. Arcadia Garden

  2. Ashford Landing Senior Residences

  3. Belvedere Peace Community Garden

  4. Blackburn Park Community Garden

  5. Capitol View/Jesse Dill Community Garden

  6. Collier Heights Park Garden

  7. Community Garden at Gerald Matthews Complex

  8. East Lake Highrise Golden Growers

  9. Favor Garden

  10. Flat Shoals Park Community Garden

  11. Fruits of your Labor Community Garden

  12. Garden at Collegetown

  13. Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church Community Garden

  14. Greening Youth Community Garden @UCTI

  15. Harvest Farm Community Garden

  16. Historic Mableton Community Garden

  17. i SIP EARTH GARDENS

  18. North Marietta Neighborhood Community Garden

  19. Oakland City Community Garden

  20. One Accord Community Garden

  21. Parkview Community Garden

  22. Piney Grove Urban Farm

  23. Rex Park Community Garden/Carl Rhodenizer

    Recreation Center

  24. The Bridge at Austin

  25. The Laundry Center Garden Club

COMPOST DELIVERY

  1. Alpharetta Community Garden

  2. Ashford Parkside

  3. Austell Community Garden

  4. Blackburn Park Community Garden

  5. Bush Mountain/Hartnett Community Garden

  6. Campbellton Community Garden

  7. Capitol View/Jesse Dill Community Garden

  8. Collier Heights Park Garden

  9. Community Garden at Gerald Matthews Complex

  10. Community Garden@Snellville (CG@S)

  11. Creation Care Garden

  12. Cross Culture Community Garden

  13. East Lake Highrise Golden Growers

  14. Favor Garden

  15. Flat Shoals Park Community Garden

  16. Fruits of your Labor Community Garden

  17. Greening Youth Community Garden @UCTI

  18. Harvest Farm Community Garden

  19. Historic Mableton Community Garden

  20. i SIP EARTH GARDENS

  21. Lanier Community Garden

  22. Lilburn Community Garden

  23. Mason's Community Garden

  24. Mulberry Fields Garden

  25. North Marietta Neighborhood Community Garden

  26. Nuleaf Community Garden

  27. Oakhurst Community Garden

  28. Oakland City Community Garden

  29. One Accord Community Garden

  30. Parkview Community Garden

  31. Redan Community Garden

  32. Rex Park Community Garden/Carl Rhodenizer Recreation Center

  33. Seedtime and Harvest Garden and Greenhouse

  34. Sugar Creek Garden

  35. The Laundry Center Garden Club

  36. West End Community Urban Garden

  37. Your Faith Farms


Prior to 2019, the Community Garden Grant was a $1,500 improvement grant. The following gardens were awarded:

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2017 Recipients

Austell Community Garden
Center for Children and Young Adults Community Garden
Clarkston Community Garden
College Park Favor Garden
Collier Heights Park Garden
Creation Care Garden
Cross Culture Community Garden
CrossRoads Community Garden
East Atlanta Village Edible Learning Garden
East Lake Highrise Community Garden
Eastwyck Village Community Farm
Elm Street Urban Farm
Exchange Community Garden
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church Community Garden
Grant Park Community Garden
Green Meadows Preserve Community Garden
Hairston Lake Community Garden
Harvest Farm Community Garden
Historic Kennesaw Community Garden
Historic Mableton Community Garden
Hope With Gardens
Lake Claire Community Land Trust
Lanier Community Garden
Lilburn Community Garden
Mohammed Schools of Atlanta Firdous Garden
Mother Clyde Memorial West End Garden/Redeem Project
Norcross Discovery Garden Park
North Dekalb Mall Community Garden
North Marietta Neighborhood Community Garden
Nuleaf Community Garden Project
Oak Tree Villas
One Accord Community Church
Partners In Action for Healthy Living Inc’s Belvedere Peace Community Garden
Parkview Neighborhood Community Garden
Plant A Row For The Hungry
QLS Haven Senior Community Garden
Rainbow Village Community Garden
Redan Community Garden
Risala Gardens
South Fulton Community Garden
Tapestry Community Garden
The Fresh Soil
Ujima Gardens
Umurima Wa Burund
Unity Garden
Villages at Carver Family YMCA
Westview Community Garden
Winter Spring Community Garden
Wylde Center - Mulberry Fields
Your Faith Farms