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Tour Charlotte-Mecklenburg's many gardens

Among Charlotte-Mecklenburg's gardens are those created to offer rental plots for people  grow food for themselves. Others are devoted to other purposes. We'd like to celebrate all of them on these pages, and offer location and contact information where available.

We'll list here all gardens we hear about that have some element of public access or public purpose. Please consult the sponsoring organization for further information.

The map at right is limited to the locations of the Friendship Gardens.

View Friendship Gardens in a larger map

Friendship Gardens

 

8th Street Garden in First Ward near Trinity Episcopal Street

     2-4-12 Workday

 

 

Billingsville Elementary School Garden 124Skyland Ave. at Randolph Road

      5-7-11 Garden build 

 

 

Charlotte Correctional Center Garden, 4100 Meadow Oak Drive

     December-August 2011 Diary

     July 2011 Diary 

     June 2011 Diary 

      May 2011 Diary 

      April 2011 Diary 

      March 2011 Diary

 

 

Cook's Memorial Presbyterian Church Community Garden 3201 Mt. Holly Huntersville Rd.

      2-13-12 Facebook pictures

      7-16-11 Jars emerge from canning class at the Fellowship Hall.

      7-9-11 Details on upcoming canning class.

      6-14-11 Cook's is one of three gardens featured in Today's Charlotte Woman magazine

      3-19-11 Pictures from Spring Gardening Class. via Facebook

      1-20-11 Pictures

      Garden website: www.cookscommunitygarden.org

      Garden on Facebook: www.facebook.com/cooksgarden

  Church website: www.cookschurch.org

 

 

Covenant Presbyterian Church Garden, 1000 E. Morehead St.

     11-23-11 Harvest Day.

     7-11-11 Article in July's Covenant News features the garden.

     5-1-11 Kindergartners help harvest the vegetables.

     4-21-11 Pictures

     11-4-10 Pictures

     10-1-10 Pictures 

 

 

Demonstration Garden at Friendship Trays (2009), 2401 Distribution St.

Main Demonstration Garden Page: Start here for all pages related to the South End garden.

The Photo Diary prior to August 2010 is focused almost entirely on pictures from the South End garden.

 

 

Irwin Creek Community Garden

9-20-10 Pictures

8-9-10 Pictures

 

 

Jail North, 5235 Specter Drive

 

 

Little Sugar Creek Community Garden, 17th & Alexander Streets; read about composting classes

2-13-12 Facebook pictures of Elevation Church's Love Week cleanup on Saturday.

7-29-10 Pictures

 

 

Matthews Presbyterian Church Garden

5-15-11 Youth group works in the garden

4-30-11 Spring harvest and summer planting

4-28-11 The harvest

3-12-11 Update

3-5-11 Beds are ready

10-11-28 More collards

11-6-10 The Saturday harvest

10-29-10 The fall garden

9-10 The initial build

 

 

McCreesh Place, 2120 N. Davidson St.

 

 

Providence Baptist Church, 4921 Randolph Road   Their website

2-14-12 The winter garden

 

 

 

SABER Treatment Garden

10-6-10 Planting

 

 

Sedgefield Middle School Garden

     11-5-10 Patty Henderlite writes in Myers Park Baptist's newsletter about Sedgefield Middle School Garden.

     10-10-10 Pictures 

 

 

 

Seigle Avenue  Presbyterian Church, 600 Seigle Avenue

     11-8-10 A harvest brought carrots and greens to Friendship Trays.

     11-5-10 Pictures 

 

Shamrock Gardens Elementary School, 3301 Country Club Drive

     2-13-12 Facebook pictures of installing raised beds and admiring cold frames installed by the children.

 

 

Southminster Retirement Community, 8919 Park Road

     12-21-11 Chef Kris Report: Dormant, but still a beautiful place

     11-11-11 Ann Bryant and friends bring in the sweet potato harvest.

     10-11-11 Chef Kris Report: Harvesting the sweet potatoes before frost

     8-4-11 Chef Kris Report: Plants thriving despite heat; harvest at 300+ pounds

     7-3-11 Chef Kris Report: Irrigation donated; harvest at 154 pounds

     6-12-11 Chef Kris Report: The Garden Keepers are working wonders

     6-6-11 Early harvest

     4-23-11 Planting

     3-26-11 The Garden Build 

 

 

Sterling School Garden (expanded 2010), 9601 China Grove Church Road off South Boulevard.

10-17-11 Students celebrate the radish harvest

8-20-11 Work day in the garden

6-11-11 Work day at the garden

5-4-11 Turnips and lettuce and peas

4-28-11 A report from Jason. 

11-14-10 Covenant Presbyterian team works in the garden

11-8-10 Harvest

10-28-10 Children harvest the crop

8-9-10 Pictures

7-31-10 The July 2010 Build that doubled the school's garden space.

 

 

SouthPark Christian Church, 6650 Park South Drive Their Website   On Facebook

    

 

 

Thompson Family Focus, 1645 Clanton Road

11-18-11 An update on the garden from Garden Leader Laura Dobson.

6-24-11 Children harvest the carrots.

5-26-11 Welcome!

 

 

Trinity Presbyterian Church Garden, 3115 Providence Road

12-11-11 Getting started

 

 

Urban Ministries Garden at 945 N. College St. adjoining the soup kitchen On Facebook

     8-5-09 Pictures 

 

 

 

Mecklenburg Park & Recreation Community Gardens their website

 

Frazier Park, 4th & Sycamore Streets downtown; visit the Park's web page

     8-18-10 Pictures 

 

Hoskins Park, 3801 Gossett Ave.; visit the Park's web page

9-1-10 Pictures

 

Huntingtowne Farms Park, 2400 Ramblewood Lane; visit the Park's web page

8-13-10 Pictures

 

McAlpine Creek Community Park, Holly Lane, off of Sardis Road; visit the Park's web page

8-27-10 Pictures

 

Reedy Creek Park, 2900 Rocky River Road; visit the Park's web page

6-5-11 Don Boekelheide writes about garden in Lake Norman News; cached here.

Winget Park, 12025 Winget Rd; across from tennis courts; visit the Park's web page

9-7-10 Pictures

 

 

 

 

Friendship Gardens Charlotte

 Creating community around local food traditions;
growing fresh, healthy, local food and making it accessible to Charlotte’s low-income citizens;
and sharing knowledge and passion for sustainable food production.

An Initiative of Slow Food Charlotte and Friendship Trays, Inc.

Friendship Trays  2401 Distribution St. Charlotte, NC 28203 Voice 704-333-9229 Fax 704-333-5947

Meals-on-wheels in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC

Delivering, in a caring and friendly manner, balanced meals to individuals in this community
who are unable, because of age or infirmity, to obtain and prepare their own meal

 

Friendship Trays is a 501(c)(3) organization. Employer ID #56-1201496. Financial information about this organization and a copy of its license are available from the State Solicitation Licensing Branch at 919-807-2000. The license is not an endorsement by the State.