Developing County Associations for School and Community Gardens

Urban Farm DB summary

A three-page Extension fact sheet from the University of Florida outlining a framework for county garden associations, noting growing recognition of the educational, environmental, health, and social impacts of school and community garden projects, and describing how such associations allow Extension to provide technical information supporting new and existing gardens. It outlines the framework used by a pilot garden association program in Polk County, Florida, written by John M. Diaz, Susan Tyler Webb, and Erin Elsberry and published by the Department of Agricultural Education and Communication in March 2017.