GrowMemphis provides funding and training for neighborhood residents who want to create and sustain community gardens or urban farms in their neighborhoods. Each garden is as unique as the neighborhood in which it is found. Gardens eliminate blight, provide fresh, healthy food, create a safe space for community building, and often provide economic opportunity for neighborhoods.

Annually, GrowMemphis solicits applications from neighborhood residents and institutions and prioritizes them based on need and community leadership. Each garden that is funded receives all of the tools, supplies, and infrastructure it needs to get started. After receiving funding, each new partner garden goes through our “Community Gardening 101” training, which helps new gardeners feel comfortable with organic horticulture. More importantly, this training prepares gardeners to do the community work that makes a community garden successful.