With more than 150 gardens in the Atlanta area, the Community Gardens Project brings neighbors together and empowers people to supplement their food supply by growing it themselves. Community gardening stimulates social interaction, encourages self-reliance, truly beautifies neighborhoods and produces nutritious foods, while reducing family food budgets. Each garden is an autonomous neighborhood-based effort where friends share work and responsibility. The Atlanta Community Food Bank provides gardening expertise, volunteer help, tools, seeds and more.
Volunteers are needed throughout the year to improve the quantity and quality of community gardens in Atlanta. Projects include gardening, advising, clean-up, plant rescue, plant shows, and produce collection. Schedules are flexible from Monday through Saturday. Most projects last about three hours. Volunteers should dress appropriately for current weather conditions and wear closed-toed shoes.
Safety Guidelines
- Group size: Small groups from 8-25 are welcome
- Ages:
8 years old and older. Adults must accompany high school age and younger.
- Chaperones:
Chaperones must participate as volunteers with the children/youth. One adult chaperone is needed for every:
- Four children ages 10 and under
- Six children ages 11-13
- Ten children ages 14-17
- Clothing:
All volunteers must wear closed-toed shoes.
- Other:
- This project is not appropriate for those who cannot do moderate lifting (20-40 lbs) or stand for prolonged periods.
- If any special accomodations are needed, please contact the volunteer contact one week in advance of the scheduled visit.
To Sign Up for a Community Gardening Shift:
Groups: complete the Group Volunteer Application (MS Word Format) and return it to volunteers@acfb.org.
Unfortunately, our Community Gardening program is not designed to work with individual volunteers. Please click here for individual volunteer opportunities with the Atlanta Community Food Bank.
Please note: Submitting an application or email request does not guarantee that you are scheduled for a shift. Your request will be reviewed by the Volunteer Department and you will receive a confirmation or response to your request. If you have additional questions for a member of the Volunteer Department staff, contact: volunteers@acfb.org or (404) 892-3333 ext. 1242.
Learn more about the Community Gardens program.
Volunteer contact: Suzanne Roush at volunteers@acfb.org
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