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Find a Community Garden
The community gardens and orchards in Pierce County are managed and maintained by dedicated groups of volunteer gardeners. Harvest Pierce County works to connect community members with these volunteer groups. If you are interested in joining a community garden, browse this map of community gardens in Pierce County to find a community garden near you.
Join a Community Garden
Helpful Documents
Community Garden Map
Starting a Community Garden
Start a Community Garden
Harvest Pierce County is delighted to support a variety of communities to create open green spaces. Whether a community garden is on public or private property, Tacoma city limits or greater Pierce County, we are here to help facilitate and support this development in a variety of ways.
In order to be an official community garden, we do have some base requirements:
- Harvest Pierce County completes a site visit
- That six or more individuals are committed to the development and building stage of the garden
- This group go through a process of developing a "Garden Charter" which outlines the organizational structure and vision of the garden. Harvest Pierce County is here to facilitate those meetings.
If you are seriously considering starting a community garden or food project, we recommend that you download both the "Tool Kit" which has many tips from outreach to recommended building materials along with the "Questions for Starting a Community Garden" found under the helpful documents section. Then please give our office a call to schedule an initial meeting and site visit.
(253) 845-9770
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Kristen McIvor
Harvest Pierce County Program DirectorPhone: 253-363-1846
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Erica Hernandez
Farm Foundations and Urban Farms Program ManagerPhone: (253) 290-3495
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Devon Kerr
Gleaning Project and Native Plant Sale Program ManagerPhone: (253) 290-8232
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Thabisa Mazur
Goss Incubator Farm Program ManagerPhone: (253) 244-2177
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Joslyn Brown
Community Gardens and Cultural Ambassador Program ManagerPhone: (253) 208-8527
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Michael Gibson
Harvest Pierce County Program CoordinatorPhone: (253) 303-3510
Contact Us
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Kristen McIvor
HPC Program Director
kristenm@piercecd.org
Phone: (253) 363-1846Erica Hernandez
HPC Program Manager
EricaH@piercecd.org
Phone: (253) 290-3495Devon Kerr
HPC Program Manager
DevonK@piercecd.org
Phone: (253) 290-8232Thabisa Mazur
HPC Program Manager
Thabisa@piercecd.org
Phone: (253) 244-2177Joslyn Brown
HPC Program Coordinator
JoslynB@piercecd.org
Phone: (253) 208-8527