Community Gardens
General Information
Community Gardens Tool Kit – University of Maryland Grow it Eat it
Interested in starting a community garden?
The University of Maryland Master Gardeners program will help you get started, and even provide a free soil sample testing. Contact Joyce Browning, Extension Program Assistant & Master Gardener Coordinator, Harford County 410-638-3255 or jbrowni2@umd.edu.
Did you know that representatives from the Maryland Master Gardner’s Program have a booth every Saturday at the Bel Air Farmers’ Market, April through November? These specially trained folks are there to offer advice on soil testing, gardening, landscaping, Bayscaping, creating a rainwater garden, lawn care treatment, non-pesticide, and herbicide alternatives and more.
Interested in being part of an existing local community garden?
Bel Air
Town of Bel Air Community Garden at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church. Media Coverage. 410-838-3178 for more information.
Aberdeen
Chosen Development Corporation Community Garden – Located behind the Aberdeen Boys and Girls Club of Harford County. For more information contact Joyce Glasby joyce.glasby@chosencdc.org; or Lonnie Vick lvick1784@yahoo.com
Forest Hill
Havre de Grace
Havre de Grace Green Team Community Gardens – Application, Facebook page. The Havre de Grace Green Team also has an urban orchard project in Todd’s Park and a community compost program where community members can drop off food waste to be composted into soil.
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Darlington
Parks and Recreation – Francis de Silva Park, Darlington. Contact Jane Howe at janehowe@aol.com
Edgewood
Harford’s Harvest Community Garden –Edgewood Recreation Council. Harford’s Harvest Community Gardens of Edgewood is now accepting garden plot requests for the 2017 garden season. For further information about the Community Gardens, to include annual plot rental costs, Please contact Michael O’Hern at michael.ohern@verizon.net, or Danny Lynn O’Hern at dannyohern@verizon.net, or call 443-807-9770.
Veteran’s Compost – Harford County is lucky to be home to Veteran Compost, a veteran-owned business focused on turning food scraps into high quality organic compost in Maryland, DC and Virginia. They provide food scrap collection, finished compost, and a host of other great products, and are partners with the Havre de Grace municipal compost program.
You can purchase directly from Veteran’s Compos who:
- Is the only company in the region permitted to collect and compost food scraps
- Offers YARD WASTE FREE and BIOSOLIDS FREE aka chemical free
- Has a large scale worm composting operation
- Is 100% Wind Power and Solar Powered
Do you know of a local community garden? If so, send us a note at info@healthyharford.org so we can add them to our list.
