Local Food in Louisville

Use this map to discover community gardens and farmers markets in your neighborhood.

Abby Rudolph (Food in Neighborhoods Community Coalition & University of Louisville)

Louisville Area Community Gardens

Blackacre Community Garden

Blackacre Community Garden is the largest the Louisville Area, with over 300 plots. Gardeners can choose from variety of plots sizes, starting at $15 for the whole season. Beginning or experienced gardeners are welcome. With the support from other gardeners, on-line videos, and our knowledgeable Community Garden Manager, you too can learn how to grow a healthy and thriving garden.

Briargate Community Garden

German-Paristown Community Garden

German-Paristown Neighborhood Association

Old Louisville Community Garden

The mission of the Old Louisville Community Garden at Brook Street is to create a public space for people and organizations interested in the environmental, social, and personal benefits of cooperative community gardening and focused on creative opportunities for learning, community development, and sustainable stewardship. If you are interested in having a raised bed in the garden, please contact Jean Christensen, 502-634-3114, or find them on Facebook.

Phoenix Hill Community Garden

Neighbors tend their own beds and share herbs and fruit trees here. 

Shawnee Garden of Principles

Shelby Park Community Garden

Founded circa 2012 by the Gross Family with help from Sojourn Church at the corner of E. St. Catherine and S. Hancock St. The garden land is privately owned by Ray Brown. He has kindly allowed gardeners to use this land.

St. Peter Claver Garden

The St. Peter Claver Community Garden is an organic garden founded by ACTIVE Louisville. The site is owned by Louisville Metro Housing Authority (LMHA).

Shawnee People's Garden

The People’s Garden was created in 2011 to offer space for Shawnee residents to garden, meet, learn, and grow.

Peaceful Eden Community Garden

The Peaceful Eden Community Garden was founded in 2017 with 133 plots on property owned by the Archdiocese of Louisville. Gardeners identified leaders from within the group and voted on how decisions would be made within the community space. As you walk through the garden, you will see produce native to countries around the world such as Congo, Burundi, Burma, and others.

Community Food Forest

The Community Food Forest provides free local & organic fruit to neighborhood residents!

Hope Garden

Building Community in West Louisville

Justin Clark Memorial Community Herb Garden

Highlands Community Ministries

Orchard of Beechmont

Summer 2022 community work times are Thursdays from 6:30-7:30 PM.

7th Street Garden

Since the 1970s, 7th Street Community Garden has been used by people from all over the world to grow food for themselves, their families, and their neighbors.

Blue Lick Community Garden

The Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service manages 10 Community Gardens throughout Louisville/Jefferson County. This popular program provides access to plots, which are rented by the year with the option to renew a plot each year, allowing for year-round gardening. All gardens have free water and most are supplied with small equipment, like tillers, at no additional cost. Beyond the management of the garden, the Extension Service also offers classes for gardeners of all skill levels as well as one-on-one consultations available in person or on the phone to answer questions.

Emerson Community Garden

The Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service manages 10 Community Gardens throughout Louisville/Jefferson County. This popular program provides access to plots, which are rented by the year with the option to renew a plot each year, allowing for year-round gardening. All gardens have free water and most are supplied with small equipment, like tillers, at no additional cost. Beyond the management of the garden, the Extension Service also offers classes for gardeners of all skill levels as well as one-on-one consultations available in person or on the phone to answer questions.

Limerick Community Garden

The Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service manages 10 Community Gardens throughout Louisville/Jefferson County. This popular program provides access to plots, which are rented by the year with the option to renew a plot each year, allowing for year-round gardening. All gardens have free water and most are supplied with small equipment, like tillers, at no additional cost. Beyond the management of the garden, the Extension Service also offers classes for gardeners of all skill levels as well as one-on-one consultations available in person or on the phone to answer questions.

Parkland Community Garden

The Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service manages 10 Community Gardens throughout Louisville/Jefferson County. This popular program provides access to plots, which are rented by the year with the option to renew a plot each year, allowing for year-round gardening. All gardens have free water and most are supplied with small equipment, like tillers, at no additional cost. Beyond the management of the garden, the Extension Service also offers classes for gardeners of all skill levels as well as one-on-one consultations available in person or on the phone to answer questions.

Russell Community Garden

The Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service manages 10 Community Gardens throughout Louisville/Jefferson County. This popular program provides access to plots, which are rented by the year with the option to renew a plot each year, allowing for year-round gardening. All gardens have free water and most are supplied with small equipment, like tillers, at no additional cost. Beyond the management of the garden, the Extension Service also offers classes for gardeners of all skill levels as well as one-on-one consultations available in person or on the phone to answer questions.

Farnsley Moreman Community Garden

The Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service manages 10 Community Gardens throughout Louisville/Jefferson County. This popular program provides access to plots, which are rented by the year with the option to renew a plot each year, allowing for year-round gardening. All gardens have free water and most are supplied with small equipment, like tillers, at no additional cost. Beyond the management of the garden, the Extension Service also offers classes for gardeners of all skill levels as well as one-on-one consultations available in person or on the phone to answer questions.

William F. Miles Community Garden

The Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service manages 10 Community Gardens throughout Louisville/Jefferson County. This popular program provides access to plots, which are rented by the year with the option to renew a plot each year, allowing for year-round gardening. All gardens have free water and most are supplied with small equipment, like tillers, at no additional cost. Beyond the management of the garden, the Extension Service also offers classes for gardeners of all skill levels as well as one-on-one consultations available in person or on the phone to answer questions.

Southside Community Garden

Southside Community Garden is located on two acres of land behind Antioch Church and serves gardeners from all over the world.

Americana Community Garden

Americana World Community Center is bridging the gap from surviving to thriving for Louisville’s refugee, immigrant and underserved populations through education, family support, youth achievement, and career and financial development.

Habitat for Humanity Garden

Plots Available!

Francis Center Community Garden

Francis Center Community Garden was started in April, 2015. It is located on Hikes Lane on the campus of St. John Paul II Catholic Church (formerly, St. Barnabas). The first year, the garden had 42 plots and the second year that number grew to 56. All of the plots were used both seasons.

New Hope International Farm

The New Hope International Farm, founded in 2017, is located on the grounds of the Passionist Earth & Spirit Center and is managed by farmers who have moved from Burundi, Congo, and other countries.

Hope Community Farm

Hope Community Farmoffers Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) shares and sells at local farmers markets.

UofL Garden Commons

The Garden Commons is an educational community space open throughout the year to participation from all students, staff, faculty, and community members. Those who help out in the garden are welcome to enjoy the fruits of our labor via you-pick. Please don't horde the harvest.

UPA Horticulture Zone

The UPA Horticulture Zone is an example the potential for urban agriculture and sustainability on small lots in urban areas. On May 22, 2013, students and staff of the Department of Urban and Public Affairs broke ground on the UPA Horticulture Zone behind UofL's Urban Studies Institute.

Leake Memorial Community Garden

Behind Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church, contact Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville (SAL) to get involved in community work days.

St. Ignatius Community Garden

The St. Ignatius Organic Community Garden was founded in 2014 on the property of St. Ignatius Martyr Catholic Church. The garden is a beautiful and productive space where people from Nepal, Burma, and the United States gather to grow food, learn together and care for the land.

Maplewood Apartments Garden

Maplewood Apartments Garden formed in 2015 through conversations between community members and the property owner about using yard space to grow food. In the first year, about 40 people living in the apartments began to garden. 

St. Francis Xavier Garden

Founded in 2015, the St. Francis Xavier garden grows food for local food pantries. 

JCC Community Garden

The JCC Community Garden’s mission statement is to build a healthy, vibrant, and sustainable Jewish community by engaging with urban farming, food justice, environmental education, and outdoor activity.

Love City Garden

The Love City Community Garden’s mission is to love our neighbors by providing a space for community members to garden, learn gardening, and by providing fresh vegetables to the community. For those not involved in the day to day gardening, the garden will provide a source of fresh produce.

Hunsinger Lane Baptist Church Garden

website: www.hlbc.net/hca6toyq6po73m52iy476iy556n2a6

Cabbage Patch Settlement House Garden

The Cabbage Patch Settlement House is a local, non-profit Christian organization. Our mission is to equip and empower at-risk children, youth and their families to be self-sufficient by helping them maximize their economic, educational, emotional, moral, physical, social and spiritual potential.

Down Syndrome of Louisville Garden

DSL is a resource to local families touched by Down syndrome from prenatal diagnosis to legacy. As the only Gold Accredited Down Syndrome Association in the country, we celebrate life by supporting, educating, and advocating to ensure each member is empowered to reach their full potential. See the links below to learn more about us.

Shively Library Community Garden

The Shively Library Community Garden is the collaborative effort between the Louisville Free Public Library, the City of Shively, and its citizens to build community, to educate, and, ultimately, to feed people.

Garden of Goodness

Across from North Lime Donuts in Old Louisville

Sojourn--Carlisle Community Garden

website: www.sojourncarlisle.com

Youthbuild Garden & Garden Supplies

YouthBuild Louisville assists young people in meeting significant life goals, such as preparing for college and careers, by providing services in education, vocational training, community service, case management, placement, and post-graduation support.

LAMP Garden of Life

St. Matthews Community Garden

St. Matthews Community Garden has a program established to offer fresh, healthy produce for hungry families in St. Matthews, KY.

Paristown Food Forest

The Paristown Food Forest has blackberries, black and red raspberries, a variety of other fruit in the community orchard, and a garden space with vegetables and herbs. Neighbors have been volunteering to maintain the fruit trees, herbs, and grow vegetables, as far back as 1997. The property is owned by Louisville Metro and is a green sanctuary in Paristown Pointe.

Blackacre Community Garden

Blackacre Community Garden is the largest the Louisville Area, with over 300 plots. Gardeners can choose from variety of plots sizes, starting at $15 for the whole season. Beginning or experienced gardeners are welcome. With the support from other gardeners, on-line videos, and our knowledgeable Community Garden Manager, you too can learn how to grow a healthy and thriving garden.

Gardeners can register by visiting our website at  www.blackacreconservancy.org .

Contact the Garden Manager at susanb@blackacreconservancy.org or 502.266.9802

Briargate Community Garden

German-Paristown Community Garden

German-Paristown Neighborhood Association

email:  info@gpnalouisville.com  Telephone: 50-509-1675

Old Louisville Community Garden

The mission of the Old Louisville Community Garden at Brook Street is to create a public space for people and organizations interested in the environmental, social, and personal benefits of cooperative community gardening and focused on creative opportunities for learning, community development, and sustainable stewardship. If you are interested in having a raised bed in the garden, please contact Jean Christensen, 502-634-3114, or find them on  Facebook .

Phoenix Hill Community Garden

Neighbors tend their own beds and share herbs and fruit trees here. 

Gardeners share maintenance responsibilities for the mulched paths, common beds, and perimeter. We especially welcome nearby neighbors to participate in the garden. 

Contact Amanda Fuller, 502-742-9824, abfuller@gmail.com

Shawnee Garden of Principles

Shelby Park Community Garden

Founded circa 2012 by the Gross Family with help from Sojourn Church at the corner of E. St. Catherine and S. Hancock St. The garden land is privately owned by Ray Brown. He has kindly allowed gardeners to use this land.

Season: March - November

Our Collective Documents are available  here  for anyone to view. Read our “ 2020 Welcome to Garden ” for everything you need to know on one page!

We always have garden  roles  to fill and  projects  that need captains and workers. Please do what you can, get your friends involved and help make the garden even better.

St. Peter Claver Garden

The St. Peter Claver Community Garden is an organic garden founded by ACTIVE Louisville. The site is owned by Louisville Metro Housing Authority (LMHA).

The St. Peter Claver Garden has a greenhouse and an assortment of in-ground and raised bed plots for over 30 community members. Cost to rent a plot is $10 per year.

Emulating the vision of Alice Waters’  Edible Schoolyard project , the St. Peter Community Garden has served as a unique “edible classroom” for Meyzeek Middle School, whose students continue to manage a few plots.

Contact Kathleen O’Neil at the Louisville Metro Housing Authority , 502-569-3461 to reserve your plot today.

Shawnee People's Garden

The People’s Garden was created in 2011 to offer space for Shawnee residents to garden, meet, learn, and grow.

Many of our garden members have been with the project since the beginning, and serve on the People’s Garden Advisory Council. Throughout the year groups from nearby schools, community centers, and churches visit the garden to participate in educational programming, tours, and special events.

The project houses 6,000 square feet of greenhouse space, a 1-acre market garden, a large fruit orchard, and a children’s educational garden.  The Food Literacy Project  currently uses and manages large portions of the space.

Contact  Contact Program Manager Grace Mican at  grace@foodliteracyproject.org  if you would like to learn more or volunteer.

Peaceful Eden Community Garden

The Peaceful Eden Community Garden was founded in 2017 with 133 plots on property owned by the Archdiocese of Louisville. Gardeners identified leaders from within the group and voted on how decisions would be made within the community space. As you walk through the garden, you will see produce native to countries around the world such as Congo, Burundi, Burma, and others.

The vision of the Peaceful Eden Community Garden is to create a happy garden where families and new friends grow food and make art and where people are respected and help each other.

Contact: Nadine 502-810-8830 and Pascaline 502-528-8706

Community Partners:

Community Food Forest

The Community Food Forest provides free local & organic fruit to neighborhood residents!

The orchard is located at 2932 Portland Ave. and was planted in 2015. Inside the orchard are blackberries, service berries, concord grapevines, plum trees, peach trees, pear trees, apple trees, fig trees, and nectarine trees. All community members are welcome to come enjoy the shade and fruit.

If you’re interested in volunteering in the orchard or setting up a group service day, contact volunteer@louisvillegrows.org

Hope Garden

Building Community in West Louisville

email: steven.edwards2@jefferson.kyschools.us

Justin Clark Memorial Community Herb Garden

Highlands Community Ministries

website: hcmlouisville.org

Orchard of Beechmont

Summer 2022 community work times are Thursdays from 6:30-7:30 PM.

Facebook Group: OrchardsofBeechmont

7th Street Garden

Since the 1970s, 7th Street Community Garden has been used by people from all over the world to grow food for themselves, their families, and their neighbors.

Contact: Steve (502) 708-8128 or Carol quilt5carol@outlook.com

Community Partners:

Blue Lick Community Garden

The Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service manages 10 Community Gardens throughout Louisville/Jefferson County. This popular program provides access to plots, which are rented by the year with the option to renew a plot each year, allowing for year-round gardening. All gardens have free water and most are supplied with small equipment, like tillers, at no additional cost. Beyond the management of the garden, the Extension Service also offers classes for gardeners of all skill levels as well as one-on-one consultations available in person or on the phone to answer questions.

Contact the Extension Office to rent a plot or for more details

Phone: 502-569-2344

Email: Jefferson.EXT@uky.edu

Emerson Community Garden

The Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service manages 10 Community Gardens throughout Louisville/Jefferson County. This popular program provides access to plots, which are rented by the year with the option to renew a plot each year, allowing for year-round gardening. All gardens have free water and most are supplied with small equipment, like tillers, at no additional cost. Beyond the management of the garden, the Extension Service also offers classes for gardeners of all skill levels as well as one-on-one consultations available in person or on the phone to answer questions.

Contact the Extension Office to rent a plot or for more details

Phone: 502-569-2344

Email: Jefferson.EXT@uky.edu

Limerick Community Garden

The Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service manages 10 Community Gardens throughout Louisville/Jefferson County. This popular program provides access to plots, which are rented by the year with the option to renew a plot each year, allowing for year-round gardening. All gardens have free water and most are supplied with small equipment, like tillers, at no additional cost. Beyond the management of the garden, the Extension Service also offers classes for gardeners of all skill levels as well as one-on-one consultations available in person or on the phone to answer questions.

Contact the Extension Office to rent a plot or for more details

Phone: 502-569-2344

Email: Jefferson.EXT@uky.edu

Parkland Community Garden

The Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service manages 10 Community Gardens throughout Louisville/Jefferson County. This popular program provides access to plots, which are rented by the year with the option to renew a plot each year, allowing for year-round gardening. All gardens have free water and most are supplied with small equipment, like tillers, at no additional cost. Beyond the management of the garden, the Extension Service also offers classes for gardeners of all skill levels as well as one-on-one consultations available in person or on the phone to answer questions.

Contact the Extension Office to rent a plot or for more details

Phone: 502-569-2344

Email: Jefferson.EXT@uky.edu

Russell Community Garden

The Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service manages 10 Community Gardens throughout Louisville/Jefferson County. This popular program provides access to plots, which are rented by the year with the option to renew a plot each year, allowing for year-round gardening. All gardens have free water and most are supplied with small equipment, like tillers, at no additional cost. Beyond the management of the garden, the Extension Service also offers classes for gardeners of all skill levels as well as one-on-one consultations available in person or on the phone to answer questions.

Contact the Extension Office to rent a plot or for more details

Phone: 502-569-2344

Email: Jefferson.EXT@uky.edu

Farnsley Moreman Community Garden

The Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service manages 10 Community Gardens throughout Louisville/Jefferson County. This popular program provides access to plots, which are rented by the year with the option to renew a plot each year, allowing for year-round gardening. All gardens have free water and most are supplied with small equipment, like tillers, at no additional cost. Beyond the management of the garden, the Extension Service also offers classes for gardeners of all skill levels as well as one-on-one consultations available in person or on the phone to answer questions.

Contact the Extension Office to rent a plot or for more details

Phone: 502-569-2344

Email: Jefferson.EXT@uky.edu

William F. Miles Community Garden

The Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service manages 10 Community Gardens throughout Louisville/Jefferson County. This popular program provides access to plots, which are rented by the year with the option to renew a plot each year, allowing for year-round gardening. All gardens have free water and most are supplied with small equipment, like tillers, at no additional cost. Beyond the management of the garden, the Extension Service also offers classes for gardeners of all skill levels as well as one-on-one consultations available in person or on the phone to answer questions.

Phone: 502-569-2344

Email: Jefferson.EXT@uky.edu

Southside Community Garden

Southside Community Garden is located on two acres of land behind Antioch Church and serves gardeners from all over the world.

Community Partners:

Americana Community Garden

 Americana World Community Center  is bridging the gap from surviving to thriving for Louisville’s refugee, immigrant and underserved populations through education, family support, youth achievement, and career and financial development.

The Americana Community Garden was established in 2006 as part of Americana's mission to provide holistic services. It is a space dedicated to physical, mental, and emotional nourishment. The gardeners at Americana are empowered to provide healthy food for themselves, their families, and their communities. Americana provides access to educational programming, resources, and a supportive social network.

The Children's Garden is an integral part of youth program. Youth are encouraged to get their hands dirty as they learn about nutrition and sustainability.

Contact: Community Garden Coordinator, Abby Rudolph, abby@americanacc.org

Habitat for Humanity Garden

Plots Available!

Contact Kevin Kouba to learn more: kkouba@louisvillehabitat.org

Francis Center Community Garden

Francis Center Community Garden was started in April, 2015. It is located on Hikes Lane on the campus of St. John Paul II Catholic Church (formerly, St. Barnabas). The first year, the garden had 42 plots and the second year that number grew to 56. All of the plots were used both seasons.

About 2/3 of the plots are used by immigrants and refugees in our neighborhoods which serve the 40218 and 40220 zip codes. The others are occupied by other local residents. Each plot is 15'x10'.

The purpose of the garden is to provide space for people who have no land to raise produce. The gardeners raise crops for themselves; their extended families and friends. Two bushel baskets are placed in the garden for excess produce which is shared with the Southeast Associative Ministry (SEAM). The baskets are delivered twice a week during the growing season.

Community Partner:  Common Earth Gardens 

New Hope International Farm

The New Hope International Farm, founded in 2017, is located on the grounds of the Passionist Earth & Spirit Center and is managed by farmers who have moved from Burundi, Congo, and other countries.

The farmers at New Hope International Farm envision a community farm where: Food is grown for families and community. People from all nations are welcome and are treated with love, respect, trust, and forgiveness. Growers are an example of hope for the community by working together toward a better future and helping each other succeed.

As a community farm, the farmers cultivate the land together, coordinating when to till, plant, water, and harvest. The New Hope International Farm also serves as a living outdoor classroom for school children in the Camp Nature Odyssey program, introducing children in grades 1-6 to the process of growing, cooking, and eating healthy food.

Community Partners:  Common Earth Gardens , Passionist Earth & Spirit Center

Hope Community Farm

Hope Community Farmoffers Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) shares and sells at local farmers markets.

Community Partner:  Gate of Hope Ministries 

UofL Garden Commons

The Garden Commons is an educational community space open throughout the year to participation from all students, staff, faculty, and community members. Those who help out in the garden are welcome to enjoy the fruits of our labor via you-pick. Please don't horde the harvest.

UPA Horticulture Zone

The UPA Horticulture Zone is an example the potential for urban agriculture and sustainability on small lots in urban areas. On May 22, 2013, students and staff of the Department of Urban and Public Affairs broke ground on the UPA Horticulture Zone behind UofL's Urban Studies Institute.

The space is used to grow fresh, delicious produce available to the community in our mini orchard (peach, apple, fig, and native serviceberry, pawpaw, hazelnuts, and maypops) and in four raised beds filled with rich, organic  compost made by volunteers on campus  from food waste collected both on and off campus. The site design includes benches, sinuous paths, compost bins, three rain barrels to capture water from the roof for irrigation, native shade-tolerant plants for areas under the canopy, nitrogen-fixing red clover no-mow area and a large, season-extending greenhouse features solar panels to power the ventilation fans.

What was once an under-utilized small parcel of green space is now a living, productive, and inviting outdoor gathering space beside a historic apple tree (grafted from the tree that Sir Isaac Newton was sitting under when an apple fell and hit him in the head inspiring his moment of gravity).

The UPA Horticulture Zone is an all-volunteer project open to participation from anyone in the community.

The UPA Horticulture Zone is one of several  sustainable garden initiatives  that the University of Louisville has established on all of its campuses which is part of the larger  UofL Sustainability Operations. 

Leake Memorial Community Garden

Behind Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church, contact Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville (SAL) to get involved in community work days.

website: SALouisville.org

email: estebanbartlett@gmail.com

phone: 502-415-1080

St. Ignatius Community Garden

The St. Ignatius Organic Community Garden was founded in 2014 on the property of St. Ignatius Martyr Catholic Church. The garden is a beautiful and productive space where people from Nepal, Burma, and the United States gather to grow food, learn together and care for the land.

The vision of the St. Ignatius Organic Community Garden is an organic and productive garden where people of all ages feel a sense of home, happiness, and pride of their agricultural skills, and the community benefits from improved health, exercise, relaxation, satisfaction, and learning from one another about health, different cultures, and ways to grow and prepare food.

Community Partners: Common Earth Gardens, St. Ignatius Martyr Church

Maplewood Apartments Garden

Maplewood Apartments Garden formed in 2015 through conversations between community members and the property owner about using yard space to grow food. In the first year, about 40 people living in the apartments began to garden. 

Community Partner:  Common Earth Gardens 

St. Francis Xavier Garden

Founded in 2015, the St. Francis Xavier garden grows food for local food pantries. 

Community Partners:  Common Earth Gardens 

JCC Community Garden

The JCC Community Garden’s mission statement is to build a healthy, vibrant, and sustainable Jewish community by engaging with urban farming, food justice, environmental education, and outdoor activity.

Interested in joining the garden? email:  info@louisvillegrows.org .

Love City Garden

The Love City Community Garden’s mission is to love our neighbors by providing a space for community members to garden, learn gardening, and by providing fresh vegetables to the community. For those not involved in the day to day gardening, the garden will provide a source of fresh produce.

The garden will also provide small plots for (Portland) neighbors who wish to grow their own food. We will also hold youth programs in the garden, teaching youth the value of gardening and the “how to” of gardening. These programs will include after school and summer camps centered around gardening and food production.

Hunsinger Lane Baptist Church Garden

Cabbage Patch Settlement House Garden

The Cabbage Patch Settlement House is a local, non-profit Christian organization. Our mission is to equip and empower at-risk children, youth and their families to be self-sufficient by helping them maximize their economic, educational, emotional, moral, physical, social and spiritual potential.

Down Syndrome of Louisville Garden

 DSL  is a resource to local families touched by Down syndrome from prenatal diagnosis to legacy. As the only Gold Accredited Down Syndrome Association in the country, we celebrate life by supporting, educating, and advocating to ensure each member is empowered to reach their full potential. See the links below to learn more about us.

Shively Library Community Garden

The Shively Library Community Garden is the collaborative effort between the Louisville Free Public Library, the City of Shively, and its citizens to build community, to educate, and, ultimately, to feed people.

Established in 2019, the garden aimed to create a unique space and to provide diverse programming options to complement others hosted by the Shively-Newman Library; in addition to growing food, there were weekly recipe exchanges, author talks, seed conservation workshops, and more.

Staff routinely harvested the produce and distributed it among patrons and any surplus to the Shively Area Ministries food bank as part of the garden's ongoing mission to address issues related to systemic food apartheid and the dearth of fresh food access in Southwest Louisville.

Food and herbs may be freely harvested by folks in the community. More planting resources are located inside the library, including recommended planting schedules and a seed library.

Garden of Goodness

Across from North Lime Donuts in Old Louisville

Work days every Saturday at 1 pm

Instagram: @gardenofgoodness

Sojourn--Carlisle Community Garden

phone: (502) 635-7053

Youthbuild Garden & Garden Supplies

 YouthBuild  Louisville assists young people in meeting significant life goals, such as preparing for college and careers, by providing services in education, vocational training, community service, case management, placement, and post-graduation support.

Buy Garden Products!

When you purchase an item from YouthBuild Louisville, you not only support the ongoing work of our organization, you make an economic impact in your community! Studies show that dollars spent at community-based merchants create a multiplier in the local economy, meaning that from each dollar spent at a local independent merchant, up to 3.5 times as much wealth is generated in the local economy compared to a dollar spent at chain-owned businesses. This "local multiplier effect" means shifting more local purchasing to independent businesses is a key tool for creating more local jobs.

LAMP Garden of Life

St. Matthews Community Garden

St. Matthews Community Garden has a program established to offer fresh, healthy produce for hungry families in St. Matthews, KY.

phone: 502-896-8883

Paristown Food Forest

The Paristown Food Forest has blackberries, black and red raspberries, a variety of other fruit in the community orchard, and a garden space with vegetables and herbs. Neighbors have been volunteering to maintain the fruit trees, herbs, and grow vegetables, as far back as 1997. The property is owned by Louisville Metro and is a green sanctuary in Paristown Pointe.

Contact: Amanda Fuller - 502-715-3807

 

Louisville Area Farmers Markets

Louisville Area Fresh Stops