Let’s Grow Together!

Looking to expand your garden knowledge, catch up on an event you missed, or just browse past video content? We’ve got the resources to help you start growing your own food.

Getting Started

The best place to start if you're new to growing food. Learn the basics of planting and caring for your garden.

Native Plants & Pollinators

Learn how native plants and pollinator-friendly practices can strengthen local ecosystems.

Composting

Learn how to nurish your soil with composting, an easy way to feed your soil and reduce food waste.

Fruit Tree Care

Explore best practices and care guides to keep your fruit trees healthy and productive.


Upcoming Events


Getting Started

Buying Seedlings

Seedlings are usually available in the spring, mid-summer, and fall. Here are some local farms who sell seedlings:

Seed Saving 101

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange offers about 800 varieties of vegetable, flower, herb, grain and cover crop seeds, emphasizing varieties that perform well in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. They have several guides for how to save seed:

Garden Safety

Gardening is fun, healthy, and can be extremely safe, even in cities. While soil in urban can be full of nutrients, it can often contain high amounts of lead and other heavy metals. It’s important to test your soil before planting.

Gardening Tips & Resources

Food Well Alliance regularly puts out educational content to help growers of all learning stages and we often collaborate with other local organizations. Here are some of the resources you can use to learn more about growing food.

  • Plant Care Guide: Working with Wholesome Wave GA and in response to Georgians on SNAP facing limited shopping options for fresh local food during the COVID-19 pandemic, we created a Plant Care Guide with information on how to grow healthy food at home.

  • Monday Morning Gardener is an archived series that includes a combination of live streams, Q&As, workshops, and garden tours.

  • Looking to learn more about gardening while also exploring some of metro Atlanta’s community gardens? Join us for a Plant. Eat. Repeat. workshop. We host workshops during the spring, summer, and fall.


Join a Community Garden

Looking to join a Community Garden? Here are some things to think about and resources to help you find one near you.


Native Plants & Pollinators

Metro Atlanta Native Plant Guide

Native plants play a pivotal role in sustaining ecosystems by providing essential food sources and shelter for pollinators, birds, and other animals.This guide includes recommendations for native plants, benefits, and regional information to help you find the perfect native plants for your area.

Planting For Pollinators Guide

Pollinators play a critical role in growing food and we can help make environments that are beneficial to them. In this guide, you’ll find information about they different types of pollinators, ways to attract pollinators, and more ways to support them.

Guide to Cover Cropping

Cover crops include grasses, legumes, or other plants grown between production crop seasons for erosion control, conservation, or other soil improvement purposes. This guide covers the basics to get started with cover cropping in your garden!


Composting

Compost is a critical part of local food. Whether you are using it for your own garden, supporting nearby gardens and farms, or simply reducing food waste, composting is an extremely environmentally friendly method of creating nutrient dense soil that plants use to grow healthy produce. Check out our Beginner’s Guide to Using Compost.

Here are some resources to help you compost:


Photo by Caleb Jones at Whitehall Garden in Fulton County.

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