So, you want to start a garden. Not just any garden. You want to start the kind of garden that does more than just grow food. You want to transform lives. You want to change neighborhoods. You want to save the world! You want to start a community garden. Many have started community gardens, and many have ended in weeds and frustration. Our hope is that this manual will help you be one of the few that persevere.
There are a lot of gardening resources out there. A lot of books are more technical and in-depth. Those will be valuable resources down the road as you learn and grow. We have listed a lot of those at the end of this manual. This manual is intended to get you started and keep you going, to help you put down roots and keep from wilting. This manual is a project of World Hunger Relief, Inc. (WHRI), and the Heart of Texas Urban Gardening Coalition (UGC).
Download the Central Texas Community Gardening Manual here!
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Gardening Manuals are also available as hard copies and can be purchased for $15. Hard copies of the manual are available for sale at monthly Urban Gardening Coalition meetings, as well as at the Waco Downtown Farmers Market, Spring and Fall Farm Day, and at UGC Headquarters – 1526 N. 11th Street, Waco. Please contact Bethel Erickson-Bruce if you would like a copy.
