No Yard? Join a Community Garden!
Community Gardens are a simple solution for people without space! Usually, the community garden will provide a fenced area and access to water for the plots. Community gardens are great avenues for meeting other gardeners in your area! To get you started here is a list of several around New Jersey. Have fun exploring and getting a garden started.
If you cannot find a community garden in your area, consider starting your own! Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station offers great advice here.
In Middlesex County there are several in New Brunswick, Edison, South River, Woodbridge, and East Brunswick.
Duke Community Garden is a well established and centrally located community garden. The Duke Farms Community Garden opened in 2011 and over time, has expanded to 460 plots, making it the largest allotment-style garden in the country. Their gardeners practice organic, sustainable methods such as no-till gardening, building soil biology, and the use of natural mulches for water conservation.
Above: Duke Farms Community Garden
In Monmouth County is Fulfill NJ located at 3300 Route 66 Neptune NJ 07753. Email: jsinkhorn@fulfillnj.org or call 732-643-5877.
In Hoboken are several community gardens. Email ypessar@hobokennj.gov or call 201-420-2000 extension 4004.
There are community gardens in Berkeley Heights, Marlboro (call 732 536-0188), Plainsboro (call 609-799-0909), Morris Township (call 973-326-7400), Boonton (call (973) 541-1010 or email info@tlc-nj.org), Burlington County has two locations (call 609-265-5858).
In Cherry Hill there is Plant-a-Patch (call 856-488-7868) and in Mercer County there are several (call 609-989-6830). The Early Street Community Garden in Morristown (call 973.206.4177 or email info@growitgreenmorristown.org). In Middletown (email communitygarden@middletownnj.org).
The mission of the American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) is to build community by increasing and enhancing community gardening and greening across the United States and Canada. The organization facilitates the formation and expansion of state and regional community gardening networks; develops resources in support of community gardening; and, encourages research and conducting educational programs. The following local community gardens are listed as ACGA members:
Branchburg
2069-2083 South Branch Road, Branchburg 08876
908 581-8506 email
88 plots, founded 2010, host Branchburg Township
Chester
100 North Road, Chester, NJ 07930
908/879-5100 email
120 plots, founded 2011, host Chester Environmental CommissionDuke Farms
1112 Dukes Parkway West, Hillsborough, NJ 08844
908/458-6672
465 plots, founded 2011Hillsborough
770 Rt. 206S, Hillsborough, NJ 08844
908/359-3768
21 plots, founded 2013, host Hillsborough Presbyterian ChurchMt. Olive South Branch Preserve
Route 46 East at Wolfe Road, Mount Olive, NJ 07828
973/541-1010
140 plots, founded 2013, host The Land Conservancy of New JerseyHopatcong Community Garden
Bell Avenue, Hopatcong, NJ 07843
862/243-2201
46 plots, founded 2012Morris County Park Commission
353 E. Hanover Ave, Morris Township, NJ 07962
973/326-7627 email
113 plots, founded 1978Roseville
Roseville Road, Andover, NJ 07821
email
60 plots, founded 2010, host Hudson FarmRoxbury
281 Eyland Avenue, Succasunna, NJ 07876
70 plots, founded 2010, host Roxbury Township Environmental CommisionSomerset
1640 Amwell Road, Somerset
732/873-2888
72 plots, founded 2010, host Holy Trinity Lutheran ChurchSunset View Community Garden
27 Pierce Rd, Lafayette, NJ 07848 United States
973/579-7382
100 plots, founded 2009Wagner Farm
197 Mountain Avenue, Warren, NJ 07059
150 plots, founded 2007, host Wagner Farm ArboretumWashington Twp
Palmer Park, 169 Bartley Rd., Washington Twp /
71 plots founded 2012West Milford
1064 Union Valley Road, West Milford, NJ 07480
973/853-2139
35 plots, founded 2007, host Sustainable West Milford
