Get Green Columbus:Community Garden Resource Manual
MAYOR MICHAEL B. COLEMAN
Community Garden Resource Guide Manual
Prefacei
We’re all working and thinking in new ways as our community and nation move through the beginning o the21st Century, and it is becoming ever more clear that living smart means living in ways that are sustainable,environmentally sensitive and respect our natural world. That’s why I launched Get Green Columbus, and am proud tosee more people getting involved in their own unique ways.One way to make a dierence in your neighborhood is to develop neighborhood-backed agriculture projects,like community gardens. These aren’t just great ways to get healthy oods, but also can become cornerstones o community and even a business opportunity with our local armers markets. Community gardening can also be a loto un, and oer local youth a way to learn something new about their world.This
Get Green Columbus: Community Garden Resource Manual
provides an overview o City and community-based programs available to gardeners. This manual contains inormation on the steps you can take to build acommunity gardens, including securing City land; it contains the resources or garden maintenance and availability o materials; and it lists the various community groups that assist citizens in navigating the process.This manual was put together by a great group o local volunteers and advocates who serve on my Columbus GreenTeam. These 35 local experts come rom many walks o lie, and advise me on all sorts o Green issues. Co-chairedby Meera Pathasarathy and David Brehem, the Green Team is dedicated to making Columbus a healthier, moresustainable City. To learn more, check out – www.GetGreenColumbus.orgSincerely,Michael B. ColemanMayor
Community Garden Resource Guide Manual
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION 2
Community Garden Overview
Denition o a Community GardenOrganizational Side o Growing TogetherChallenges o the Charge
II. THE CITY OF COLUMBUS 4
Obtaining Land or Community Gardens
Finding Land or DevelopmentProcedures or Leasing City LotsLease RestrictionsTime-Frame or a LeasePurchasing Land and Permanent Community Garden DesignationInsuring Community Gardeners
Zoning and Building Code Regulations
Regulatory Issues Facing Community GardensGardens on Private PropertyGardens on Public Property
Resources or Growing Green Lots
Mobile Tool LibrarySoil EnhancementWood Chips and “Friends o the Park” Program
Health and Saety in the Garden
Links to Health ResourcesConnecting with Community Ocials
Land Clean-Up
Waste, Litter and Trash PreventionGarbage and Bulk Pick-Up
III. ADDITIONAL LOCAL RESOURCES 12
Franklin Park Conservatory- Growing to Green Program
Columbus Community Garden Resource GuideGrowing to Green Awards ProgramOhio Community Garden ConerenceSchool Garden ProgramScotts Urban Garden Academy
Greater Columbus Foodshed Project o Simply Living
Foodshed Council
The Ohio State University Extension
Garden QuestionsMaster Gardener ProgramOhioline: Yard and GardenWebGarden
The United Way o Central Ohio’sNeighborhood Partnership Center
Computer and Internet AccessGrantsLibrary and Resource MaterialsNeighborhood Training Academy
IV. NATIONAL RESOURCES 18
American Community Gardening AssociationNational Gardening Association
V. FUNDING SOURCES 20
Captain Planet FoundationThe Columbus FoundationFiskars®- Project Orange ThumbNational Gardening Association (NGA)The Scotts Miracle-Gro CompanySeeds o Change®Target Store GrantsThe United Way o Central Ohio- NeighborhoodPartnership Grants
VI. SUSTAINABILITY 24
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