Welcome to the Ithaca Community Gardens!

The Ithaca Community Gardens is a not-for-profit membership organization devoted to furthering community food self-sufficiency. When you join the Gardens you become part of a vibrant community of gardeners and other area residents with interests in food policy and food justice. You can choose to work your own garden plot or help with shared or donation plots, get involved in Gardens operations or management, or network with others to initiate special projects related to gardening or food self-sufficiency. We provide support and encouragement for gardeners, including access to growing space, garden tools and soil amendments, an orientation to our resources and activities, mentoring for beginning gardeners, and opportunities to participate in community work days and other events (check out our events calendar below for more information about upcoming Gardens events.) And, of course, you will have the opportunity to learn and share with a community of friendly gardeners, both out in the Gardens and on our email list. We also provide service learning opportunities for student groups, and act as a resource for student projects related to urban and community gardening. The Gardens are run on an all-volunteer basis, including our 9-member board of directors (ithacagardensboard@gmail.com). To contact a board member individually, please see this list of board members, terms, & emails.

Please click here to apply for a garden plot.

COME GROW WITH US! Plots are still available for 2024. Once you give us contact information, we send an introductory email with general information about the the Gardens & the recent reconfiguration, and then a second email with specific instructions on how to register and pay for a plot at the Gardens, or join as a member without a plot. 

BOARD MEETINGS

The board’s next meeting will be from 6 to 7:30 pm on Monday, March 18, 2024. The board’s regular monthly meeting time for 2024 will be once a month on either the 3rd or 4th Monday of the month (currently scheduled for March 18, April 15, & May 20), at the Third St. Meetinghouse, 120 Third Street, Ithaca, NY 14850; once it is warm enough, board meetings will be held at the Gardens. Gardeners are welcome to attend board meetings; you can confirm the next meeting information via secretary@ithacacommunitygardens.org. Meeting minutes are also available on request from the board secretary.

Please click here to REPORT WORK HOURS

 Please report your work hours from individual work assignments. DO NOT report hours from regular group work days (often Saturdays) here, or hours for special jobs involving a large time commitment. Estimated dates are fine.

GARDENING NEWS

Read the 2/8/24 Tompkins Weekly article about the Gardens here!

A few 2024 Gardens Calendars are still available, see here for details.

INDIVIDUAL WORK ASSIGNMENTS: if you can’t attend group workdays and would like an individual work assignment, please contact icg.reg.asst@gmail.com.

ORIENTATION: We will announce dates for in-person orientation sessions for all gardeners and their plot partners. Our orientation video was created before the reconfiguration. Email any questions to ronliso@ithacacommunitygardens.org.

How to Deal with BINDWEED in the Gardens

WHEN DO I WATER MY PLOT? Check this water deficit calculator frequently for whether you need to water (provided by Cornell’s CSF – Climate Smart Farming Program)