Our Mission Our mission is to empower people of all ages and incomes to grow and eat healthy, organic, local food.
Wasatch Community Gardens has provided opportunities for individuals to grow their own food in urban gardens for over twenty years. Today, we offers a spectrum of programming for Salt Lake County residents including community gardening space, a youth gardening program, and free educational workshops and community events.
Wasatch Community Gardens is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and we rely on contributions from people like you to make all of our events, programs, and productive gardens possible. To support us, please visit http://www.wasatchgardens.org/friends.html
Community Gardening Program The Community Gardening Program seeks to provide anyone, regardless of income, the opportunity to grow their own fresh, organic food in one of our four neighborhood gardens. Fees for each garden plot are $24-48 a year on a sliding scale, and water, gardening tools and education are provided by Wasatch Community Gardens.
Youth Gardening Program The Youth Gardening Program brings over 1,200 low-income youth into the garden annually to learn as they grow and eat fresh, organic vegetables. Throughout the year, youth prepare and tend almost 6,000 square feet of garden beds and harvest several thousand pounds of fresh produce to be eaten during class, shared with their families and donated to local food pantries.
Community Education Program Our Community Education Program serves as a local resource for learning organic gardening methods through free workshops. For 2010, there are over 30 differentworkshops, with topics including composting, raising urban chickens, fall and winter planting, and food preservation. To view the full workshop schedule, please visit http://www.wasatchgardens.org/calendar
We also offer help to individuals, organizations and groups interested in starting their own community gardens. Would you like to get to know your neighbors better, and participate in a special new project? Our new Sharing Backyards Program connects people who wish to garden but do not have the space, with people who own land but do not wish to garden. Click here to read more and sign up. For organizations and groups, we’ve put together a free guide to starting a community garden which is available on our website. For this and other resources, please visit our website at http://www.wasatchgardens.org/gardenresources.html
Garden Locations
Grateful Tomato Garden: 800 S 600 E, Salt Lake City, UT
4th East Garden: 553 S 400 E, Salt Lake City, UT
Fairpark Garden: 1037 W 300 N, Salt Lake City, UT
Historic Sandy Garden: 500 E 8880 S, Sandy, UT
People’s Portable Garden: 900 S 200 W, Salt Lake City, UT
How to Get Involved
Save the date so you don’t miss any of our 5 fun community events. Be one of the 500+ volunteers who make our events, programs and gardens possible. Attend any of our 33 sustainable food and gardening classes open to the public. Apply for a plot and join the other 180 community gardeners. Donate, and help us continue to serve the community for another 21 years.
PO Box 2924 | Salt Lake City , UT 84110 | 801-359-2658 | 801-322-4810 (fax) | www.wasatchgardens.org
