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 200 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.
2024 Recipients
In 2024, Food Well Alliance provided $107,000 in direct financial support to 60 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. The GROWL Community Garden
2. Trellis Community Garden at Legacy Park
Garden Improvement Grant
1. Adamsville G.A. Towns Village Garden
2. Alpharetta Community Garden
3. Astro-Fain Garden
4. Bese Saka Community Garden
5. Browns Mill Urban Food Forest Herb Garden
6. Capitol Towers & Capitol Avenue Apartments Community Garden
7. CCYA Blooming with Possibilities Garden
8. Chatthoochee Nature Center Unity Garden
9. Clarkston International Garden
10. Dignity Community Garden
11. Doghead Farm
12. Dunwoody Community Garden & Orchard at Brook Run Park
13. East Point Historical Society Community Garden
14. Five Points Farm
15. Fresh Oasis Community Garden
16. Historic Westside Gardens Garden of Hope
17. Grape Roots
18. Green Meadows Community Garden
19. Grove Park Community Garden
20. GSU Community Garden
21. Gwinnett Christian Terrace
22. Historic Hartnett Community Garden
23. Incarnation Community Garden
24. Isaiah's Garden
25. Jasmine Stewart Community Garden
26. Kings Forest Combined Communities Corporation Garden
27. LCR Promise Garden
28. Mother Clyde Memorial West End Garden
29. North Fulton Community Garden
30. North Fulton Farm Bureau Community Garden
31. O4W Community Garden
32. Open Hand Community Garden
33. Our Giving Garden
34. Peoplestown Community Garden
35. RUMC Giving Garden
36. SE Gwinnett Co-operative Garden Ministry
37. South Fulton Community Garden
38. Southwest Church Community Garden
39. St. John Neumann Community Garden
40. St. Thomas Aquinas Giving Garden and Orchard
41. Starnes Senior Residences Garden
42. Stone Mountain Community Garden at VFW Park
43. Sugar Creek Garden
44. Summerhill Garden
45. Temple Emanu-El Garden Isaiah
46. The BeeLieve Community Garden
47. The Garden at Neighborhood Church
48. The Garden at the Hundred Acre Wood
49. The Garden Of Plenty
50. The New Hope Community Garden
51. The Reserve at Hairston Lake Senior Community Garden
52. The Salvation Army Marietta Corps Community Garden
53. The View Senior Community Garden
54. Toco Hills Community Garden
55. Union City Community Garden
56. Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill Community Garden
57. WALT Outdoor Classroom & Learning Garden
58. Welch Street Garden
2023 Recipients
In 2023, Food Well 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.
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
Adair Park Community Garden
Adamsville/Fain Community Garden
Alkebulan Garden
ARCADIA COMMUNITY GARDEN
Ashford Parkside and Landing Senior Community Garden
Austell Community Garden/ IT and Lodemia Terrell Community Garden
Camp Truitt GROWL Garden (Growing Real Opportunities in Work and Life)
Cannan Farms
Capitol View / Jesse Dill Community Garden
Christian City Community Garden
Clayton County District 3 Community Garden at Gerald Matthews Complex
Creation Care
Demonstration Gardens @McDaniel Farm Park
DUG Northwoods Gardens
East Atlanta Village Educational Chef’s Garden
East Lake Commons Community Garden
East Point Historical Society Community Garden
Fair Oaks Community Garden
Fire Station 28 Community Garden
Flat Shoals Park Community Garden
Friends of Atlanta Urban Food Forest at Brownsmill Communities Collaborative, Inc.
Garden of Hope
Glenrose Community Garden
Historic Mableton Community Garden
Holy Cross Community Garden "Roots Bearing Fruits"
Jolly Avenue Garden
Marietta Senior Towers Community Garden
Memorial Drive Ministries Garden
Metro Atlanta Urban Farm Community Garden
Nancy Maxwell Community Garden
Norris Lake Community Garden
Omenala Griot Museum
Peace Garden
Reconnecting Our Roots Community Garden
Rex Community Garden
RUMC Giving Garden
S.C.O.U.T. & GROW (eastwyck townhomes community garden)
St. Thomas Aquinas Giving Garden
Stephenson Vine Project Community Garden
Stone Mountain Community Garden at VFW Park
The Ability Garden at Callanwolde
The Community Garden at Oak Hill Center
The Next Generation Community Garden
The Organic Community Garden at New Hope
The Reserve at Hairston Lake Senior Community
UGA Extension MGVOCC - Raised Beds Teaching Garden
Upon This Rock Community Garden
Urban Food Forest @ the Outdoor Activity Center
Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill Community Garden
Urban Food Garden @ Metro Transitional Center (also known as the Give Back Garden)
Whitehall Terrace Community Garden
Winter Spring Community Garden
Wylde Center Community Gardens at Sugar Creek, Oakhurst Garden, and Mulberry Fields
YGMOVEMENT Gardens
Your Faith Farms
Zonolite
COMPOST DELIVERY
Adair Park Community Garden
Adamsville/Fain Community Garden
Alkebulan Garden
Austell Community Garden/ IT and Lodemia Terrell Community Garden
Camp Truitt GROWL Garden (Growing Real Opportunities in Work and Life
Cannan Farms
Capitol View / Jesse Dill Community Garden
City Fresh Garden
Clayton County District 3 Community Garden at Gerald Matthews Complex
Community Garden@Snellville
Creation Care
Demonstration Gardens @McDniel Farm Park, a.k.a. The McDaniel Farm Project
East Lake Commons Community Garden
East Point Historical Society Community Garden
Fertile Ground
Fire Station 28 Community Garden
Flat Shoals Park Community Garden
Gardens at Camp Creek
Grape Roots Inc.
Harvest Farm Community Garden
Historic Mableton Community Garden
Holy Cross Community Garden "Roots Bearing Fruits"
Jolly Avenue Garden
Marietta Senior Towers Community Garden
Memorial Drive Ministries Garden
Metro Atlanta Urban Farm Community Garden
Norris Lake Community Garden
North Marietta Neighborhood Community Garden
Old Rucker Farm
Omenala Griot Museum
Peace Garden
Plant A Row for the Hungry (PAR)
Rex Community Garden
Riverside Neighborhood Community Garden
RUMC Giving Garden
S.C.O.U.T. & GROW (eastwyck townhomes community garden)
SE Gwinnett Co-operative Garden
St. Thomas Aquinas Giving Garden
Stone Mountain Community Garden at VFW Park
The Next Generation Community Garden
The Organic Community Garden at New Hope
The Reserve at Hairston Lake Senior Community
Toco Hills Community Garden
UGA Extension MGVOCC - Raised Beds Teaching Garden
Upon This Rock Community Garden
Urban Food Forest @ the Outdoor Activity Center
Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill Community Garden
Urban Food Garden @ Metro Transitional Center (also known as the Give Back Garden)
Victory Garden
Whitehall Terrace Community Garden
Winter Spring Community Garden
Wylde Center Community Gardens at Sugar Creek, Oakhurst Garden, and Mulberry Fields
YGMOVEMENT Gardens
Your Faith Farms
Zonolite
COMPOSTING BIN SYSTEM
Capitol View / Jesse Dill Community Garden
Clayton County District 3 Community Garden at Gerald Matthews Complex
Historic Mableton Community Garden
Old Rucker Farm
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.
COMPOSTING BIN SYSTEM
Rex Park Community Garden /Carl Rhodenizer Recreation Center
A Sip of Paradise (part of East Atlanta Village Edible Learning Garden)
Camp Truitt 4-H GROWL Garden (Growing Real Opportunities in Work and Life through Agriculture)
GARDEN IMPROVEMENT GRANT
Adamsville Community Garden
Campbellton Community Garden
Community Garden@Snellville (CG@S)
Community Orchard at Atlanta Good Shepherd Community Church
Decatur’s Kitchen Garden
Fairway Community Farm
Feed the Temple
Flat Shoals Park Community Garden
Kings Forest Combined Communities Garden
Lakeview Seventh-Day Adventist Church Orchard and Garden Club
Quest Commmunity Garden
Redan Community Garden
Rex Park Community Garden /Carl Rhodenizer Recreation Center
Riverside Neighborhood Community Garden
The Gardens at Camp Creek
Upon This Rock Community Garden
WALT Outdoor Classroom & Learning Garden
Westview Community Garden
COMPOST DELIVERY
A Sip of Paradise (part of East Atlanta Village Edible Learning Garden)
Adamsville Community Garden
Arcadia Garden
Austell Community Garden: I.T. and Lodemia Terrell Community Garden and Educational Center
Blackburn Park Community Garden
Brownwood Park Community Garden
Campbellton Community Garden
Favor Garden
Feed the Temple
Flat Shoals Park Community Garden
Garden of Hope
Give Back Garden at Metro Transitional Center
Kings Forest Combined Communities Garden
Lanier Community Garden
Lawrenceville Housing Authority Community Garden
Mason's Community Garden
Memorial West End Community Garden
North Marietta Neighborhood Community Garden
Peace Garden
Pittsburgh Community Garden
Providence Community Garden
Redan Community Garden
Rex Park Community Garden /Carl Rhodenizer Recreation Center
RUMC Giving Garden
South Bend Center for Air and Culture Community Garden
Thomasville Heights Elementary School Farm
Upon This Rock Community Garden
Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill Community Garden
WALT Outdoor Classroom & Learning 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
Flat Shoals Park Community Garden
Greening Youth Community Garden @UCTI
Hope With Gardens
GARDEN IMPROVEMENT GRANT
Arcadia Garden
Ashford Landing Senior Residences
Blackburn Park Community Garden
Capitol View/Jesse Dill Community Garden
Collier Heights Park Garden
Community Garden at Gerald Matthews Complex
East Lake Highrise Golden Growers
Flat Shoals Park Community Garden
Garden at Collegetown
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church Community Garden
Greening Youth Community Garden @UCTI
i SIP EARTH GARDENS
North Marietta Neighborhood Community Garden
One Accord Community Garden
Piney Grove Urban Farm
Rex Park Community Garden/Carl Rhodenizer
Recreation Center
The Laundry Center Garden Club
COMPOST DELIVERY
Ashford Parkside
Austell Community Garden
Blackburn Park Community Garden
Bush Mountain/Hartnett Community Garden
Capitol View/Jesse Dill Community Garden
Collier Heights Park Garden
Community Garden at Gerald Matthews Complex
Cross Culture Community Garden
East Lake Highrise Golden Growers
Flat Shoals Park Community Garden
Greening Youth Community Garden @UCTI
i SIP EARTH GARDENS
Mason's Community Garden
North Marietta Neighborhood Community Garden
Nuleaf Community Garden
One Accord Community Garden
Parkview Community Garden
Redan Community Garden
Rex Park Community Garden/Carl Rhodenizer Recreation Center
The Laundry Center Garden Club
Prior to 2019, the Community Garden Grant was a $1,500 improvement grant. The following gardens were awarded:
2015 Recipients
Atlanta Family Church Community Garden
Applewood Community Garden
East Atlanta Village Edible Learning Garden
Good Things Community Garden
Hairston Lake Community Garden
The G.R.O.V.E. Urban Farm
North Dekalb Mall Community Garden
North Marietta Neighborhood Community Garden
PAHL's Healthy Belvedere Community Garden
Thomasville Center of Hope Boys and Girls Club
Urban Garden Resiliency Oasis
Wesley International Academy Phoenix Garden
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
2018 Recipients
Austell Community Garden
Blooming with Possibilities Garden
Cabbagetown Community Garden
Campbellton Community Garden
Clarkston Community Garden
Clarkston International Garden
Collier Heights Park Garden
Community Garden@Snellville
Creation Care Garden
Cross Culture Community Garden
Elm Street Urban Farm
Five Points Farm
Flat Shoals Park Community Garden
Fruits of Your Labor Community Garden
Grape Roots
Historic Mableton Community Garden
J.R.'s Joy and Reflect Gardens
Jolly Avenue Community Garden
Lanier Community Garden
Lilburn Community Garden
Lovejoy Community Garden
Oak Hill Community Garden
Plant a Row for the Hungry
QLS Haven Senior community
Redan Community Garden
Rex Park Community Garden
South Fulton Community Garden
Springbrook Park Community Garden
St. Philip Benizi Garden of Hope
Sugar Creek Garden
The Garden of Plenty
Urban Fresh Community Garden
Villages at Carver