Community Gardens in Lincoln
Community CROPS coordinates many community gardens in Lincoln, Nebraska. The gardens are spread throughout the city to accommodate our participants. Our gardeners come from many different backgrounds and together they beautify our city while growing food for themselves. See the map below for the garden locations.
Plot fees are on a sliding scale basis, and financial assistance is available for everyone who qualifies.
Become a Community CROPS Garden Sponsor! Click here for more information.
Our Community Gardens are now closed for the 2013 growing season. Applications for the 2014 growing season will become available on February 1st, 2014.
If you have questions about the gardens, please contact us at info@communitycrops.org or (402) 474-9802.
Yards to Gardens
Do you have a backyard where you would love to have people garden? Some extra land that could grow a lot of tomatoes? Or do you need a place to grow, maybe something closer to your home than the nearest community garden? Yards to Gardens is a great resource for you. Enter in your location and contact information to network with others who have land or need it in our area!
Low Pressure Gravity Drip Irrigation Systems
Watch a video describing an innovative Low Pressure Gravity Drip Irrigation System that you can build yourself at low-cost. This second video shows more about how to implement this system. The descriptive pamphlet of the system is also quite helpful.
Starting a Community Garden with CROPS
Are you interested in partnering with CROPS to develop a community garden? Whether you have land already or want to work with an existing garden, we would like to partner with you. We have put together some suggestions on how a community garden best works. Read Community Garden Partner InformationCROPS Gardens in the News
Community garden was a neighborhood effort in the Lincoln Journal Star, June 2012.
Amy Brt, Community Garden Program Manager, was featured on Channel 8 news. Click here to watch the segment
Local foods were the feature in a KOLN news feature, with plenty of shots of the CROPS Farmers' Market. Watch here.
Another feature on KOLN introduces some of our community gardeners Click here to watch.
CROPS Garden Map on Google
The map has photos and descriptions of all our garden locations, plus our farm and market sites.
Garden Information
Why do our gardeners like their plots? Here's what a few have said: "It's relaxing.", "Lots of good, fresh vegetables that taste better than what's in the stores", "Good therapy.", "To keep my family healthy and to meet new friends."
Read about our gardens in Spanish
Community CROPS Garden Locations
In the past we have had gardens at 23rd and P, 26th and N, the 27th and Holdrege Salvation Army, and Hope Community Church. These sites are no longer available.
Garden Advisory Committee
Keep up on everything that's happening with the Garden Advisory Committee. Check out the meeting minutes, agenda and program goals.American Community Gardening Association
The American Community Gardening Association is a great resource for community gardens. The active listserv gives many good ideas and the site has a good guide for starting a new garden.Join the CROPS Mailing List
To get regular e-mails from CROPS when we have news and upcoming events, sign up for our monthly newsletter to hear about classes, events, job openings and much more. You can also choose to get notice of volunteer opportunities. Sign up at our Newsletter Page.
