UMass Boston Community Garden
Boston, United States · Operator: UMass Boston Office of Campus Planning and Sustainability（協働：Green City Growers）
Overview
A community garden for students and staff that began in summer 2026 on a triangular plot behind University Hall at UMass Boston. Eight raised beds grow tomatoes, lettuce, squash, rosemary, peppers and amethyst basil. The university calls 2026 its pilot year for the project.
Citizen participation
Tended by student and staff volunteers; student sustainability assistants take part in weekly meetings and help run the garden.
Operating model
Run by the university's Office of Campus Planning and Sustainability in collaboration with the urban-farming firm Green City Growers. Four of the eight raised beds were funded by Grow Boston, the City of Boston's urban farming programme. The harvest is distributed through the campus food pantry U-ACCESS rather than sold.
Impact
Sustainability planner Janna Cohen-Rosenthal: "This is our pilot year for the project, and we're already seeing a lot of enthusiasm for it." Produce goes to the campus community through the U-ACCESS food pantry, combining campus food support with hands-on learning about sustainable agriculture.
Land tenure
On university-owned campus land, managed by the Office of Campus Planning and Sustainability.
Crops
- トマト
- レタス
- スカッシュ
- ローズマリー
- トウガラシ
- バジル（アメジスト種）
Scale
ユニバーシティ・ホール裏手の三角形の敷地。レイズドベッド8基（うち4基は市のGrow Boston助成で設置）
Sources（1）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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