Gardens in San Antonio
In January 2009, Green Spaces announced awards to seven new gardens in our Community Garden Network. Groups of enthusiastic gardeners formed core groups to design, build, and maintain four new community gardens in San Antonio. The Cove Garden Project on the near north side plans a vegetable garden as does Gardens of Avion Place near Lackland AFB. The Pittman-Sullivan Neighborhood Garden on the east side will create a lush greenscape full of edibles and native plants. The fourth garden is San Jacinto Senior Gardens on the west side. Funds for these gardens have been donated to Green Spaces by the Kronkosky Charitable Foundation, the Lattner Family Foundation, and Les Dames d’Escofier.
To find out if a garden exists or is forming in your neighborhood, contact us or check out this online map.
Join the community garden network
Garden volunteers are always welcome to gather a group, find a plot, and start their own garden. Neighborhood associations, community groups, and others are welcome to contact us as well.
Community Garden Network members share knowledge, experiences, techniques, and excess resources with other network community gardens; utilize the services of Green Spaces Alliance and other organizations that will sustain their garden over time and through transitions; attend informative workshops that will extend their knowledge base and strengthen their ability to maintain a healthy community garden; and spread the word about how community gardens benefit the community and the environment.
Network garden members receive a quarterly newsletter containing gardening techniques and material resources, referrals to/from volunteers and groups interested in helping gardens grow, information about grant opportunities, access to a huge databank of garden how-to’s, and discounts when attending our educational programs.
Feel free to contact us. Our community garden coordinator will offer you advice, provide you with membership forms, and ask you when she can meet your group or visit your garden.
Get involved with an existing garden
Do you have some extra supplies, a green thumb, or a cat’s curiosity? Everyone is welcome to participate in a garden regardless of experience. Currently, our 19 garden network member gardens are beginning to install plants, garden furnishings, art pieces, pathways, and structures. You can help with your donations and assistance. Gardens flourish through your generosity.
Volunteer
Volunteers do more than pull weeds; we have a long list of ways for you to help out at a community garden. Express your interest, skills and availability by signing up here.
Contact us to find the garden nearest you or check out our online calendar for upcoming garden celebrations, events, and volunteer workdays.
Do you consider yourself a gardening expert?
Most community gardeners aren’t. They come with little experience and lots of desire. You can become a garden’s mentor by offering your years of experience, advice and encouragement. Contact us to learn more about this opportunity.
If you don’t have time to offer, consider one of these options:
- Throughout the city there are groups seeking a piece of land where they can plant a few seeds. We’d be happy to play matchmaker between a landowner with an eye for green space and community development and a community group that wants to start a garden if your contribution meets certain site requirements.
- Would you like to sponsor a flower bed, get rid of extra plants or furnish a whole garden? With your help, the gardeners’ vision for a productive and beautifying garden can become a reality.
Contact us to find out more about these options.