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The Community Garden
We are pleased to be in our tenth year as a community garden. With the help of volunteers and supporters, we have created 30 garden plots and growing areas. In addition, we have built some benches and shade areas.
The CLG Board of Directors estimate that many more garden plots of various sizes can be created. This includes having special growing areas. We continue to build additional shade areas with structures and trees. We also plan to build addiotional sheds and garden furniture to support member gardeners.
We have Volunteer Days where Volunteers help build garden plots, garden structures, and assist with garden planting, watering and maintenance. Our volunteers are the engine that keep our organization and garden growing and we are eternally grateful.
We continue to seek grant opportunities to upgrade our garden irrigation systems, fund our garden building, and support our education program workshops. We also continue to seek materials and lumber to build more garden areas. We accept any used or unused lumber in good shape. We especially need 2x4, 2x6, and 4x4s.
The Garden is centrally located within five miles of the towns of Reedley, Orange Cove and Dinuba on the Southwest corner of Manning and Crawford Avenues.
We have created a 501c3 nonprofit organization supported by the communities it serves and a committed Board of Directors. This structure and our growing community support base will ensure our long term sustainability and benefit to the community.
The American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) is a bi-national nonprofit membership organization of professionals, volunteers and supporters of community greening in urban and rural communities. The Association recognizes that community gardening improves people’s quality of life by providing a catalyst for neighborhood and community development, stimulating social interaction, encouraging self-reliance, beautifying neighborhoods, producing nutritious food, reducing family food budgets, conserving resources and creating opportunities for recreation, exercise, therapy and education.
The CLG Board of Directors estimate that many more garden plots of various sizes can be created. This includes having special growing areas. We continue to build additional shade areas with structures and trees. We also plan to build addiotional sheds and garden furniture to support member gardeners.
We have Volunteer Days where Volunteers help build garden plots, garden structures, and assist with garden planting, watering and maintenance. Our volunteers are the engine that keep our organization and garden growing and we are eternally grateful.
We continue to seek grant opportunities to upgrade our garden irrigation systems, fund our garden building, and support our education program workshops. We also continue to seek materials and lumber to build more garden areas. We accept any used or unused lumber in good shape. We especially need 2x4, 2x6, and 4x4s.
The Garden is centrally located within five miles of the towns of Reedley, Orange Cove and Dinuba on the Southwest corner of Manning and Crawford Avenues.
We have created a 501c3 nonprofit organization supported by the communities it serves and a committed Board of Directors. This structure and our growing community support base will ensure our long term sustainability and benefit to the community.
The American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) is a bi-national nonprofit membership organization of professionals, volunteers and supporters of community greening in urban and rural communities. The Association recognizes that community gardening improves people’s quality of life by providing a catalyst for neighborhood and community development, stimulating social interaction, encouraging self-reliance, beautifying neighborhoods, producing nutritious food, reducing family food budgets, conserving resources and creating opportunities for recreation, exercise, therapy and education.
Volunteers and Interns
Our Volunteers are the strength that keeps the Garden Growing.
We continue to thank our volunteers and take many pictures. Please visit our Facebook Page for the latest updates and volunteer opportunities.
CLG VOLUNTEER INTERNSHIP PROJECTS
We continue to accept students seeking to develop a custom internship project. An internship with CLG can help define your purpose and educational direction. If you are a high school student seeking service credits, you are welcome to contact us. If you are enrolled or plan to be enrolled in a community or state college, please contact us. It helps that you be interested in business administration, public administration or an agriculture degree.
Here's a CLG Internship Application and Flyer for more information.
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. ~Dr. Seuss
Volunteers are the lifeblood of nonprofit organizations. From their board of directors to the help needed to do the administrative and manual labor, volunteers keep the nonprofit going.
The CLG Board of Directors has created a volunteer program that provides the support to staff projects and events. New members wanting a garden plot can generate volunteer hours for initial plot rental and event discounts. Volunteers that generate these non-transferable hours can also use them on a variety of volunteer projects.
In our search for purpose, CLG provides opportunities for volunteers to participate in community service projects. Volunteers will continue to serve as a vital source of support and will ensure the long term sustainability of the community garden.
We continue to thank our volunteers and take many pictures. Please visit our Facebook Page for the latest updates and volunteer opportunities.
CLG VOLUNTEER INTERNSHIP PROJECTS
We continue to accept students seeking to develop a custom internship project. An internship with CLG can help define your purpose and educational direction. If you are a high school student seeking service credits, you are welcome to contact us. If you are enrolled or plan to be enrolled in a community or state college, please contact us. It helps that you be interested in business administration, public administration or an agriculture degree.
Here's a CLG Internship Application and Flyer for more information.
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. ~Dr. Seuss
Volunteers are the lifeblood of nonprofit organizations. From their board of directors to the help needed to do the administrative and manual labor, volunteers keep the nonprofit going.
The CLG Board of Directors has created a volunteer program that provides the support to staff projects and events. New members wanting a garden plot can generate volunteer hours for initial plot rental and event discounts. Volunteers that generate these non-transferable hours can also use them on a variety of volunteer projects.
In our search for purpose, CLG provides opportunities for volunteers to participate in community service projects. Volunteers will continue to serve as a vital source of support and will ensure the long term sustainability of the community garden.