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  • Home
  • About
  • Events
  • Garden Directory
  • Partnerships
    • Garden to Food Pantry
    • Donors and Supporters
  • Resources
    • Gardening Resources
    • Community Garden Resources
    • Urban Agriculture Technical Assistance and Site Visits
    • Past HcGn Meetings
  • Contact

Community Garden Resources

Community Garden Planning and Management

Planning, starting, Organizing, and maintainting a community oriented garden
  • ​​Community Garden Toolkit: A resource for planning, enhancing and sustaining your community garden project (University of Missouri Extension)
  • Starting a Community Garden: How to put your plot on the path of success (University of Wisconsin Extension)
  • Community Garden Management Toolkit (Springfield Food Policy Council)
  • Starting a Workplace Garden (Project Health)
Sample applications, rules, guidelines, and release forms
  • Central Christian Church Community Garden Rules and Regulations
  • Plots to Plates Rules and Regulations
  • Sample Release of All Claims (ACGA)
  • Gleaning Garden Rules, Guidelines, and Release Form
Volunteers, volunteering, and training
  • New Farmers: A Training Manual for Volunteers, Volunteer Coordinators and Trainers at Community Gardens and City Farms - Compiled by Tash Morton and Dick Copeman, Northey Street City Farm
​This section last updated 10/5/17

Grants and Funding

Grant Writing 101

The Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District offers a Grant Writing 101 tutorial by appointment. Please contact the HCSWCD by email at soil.water@hamiltoncounty.in.gov or by calling (317) 773-2181. 

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Relevant Grants for Community Gardens

The HCSWCD maintains a running list of grants that are relevant for community gardens. Click the link below to open the most recently updated file.
Community Garden Grant Opportunities
Other Funding Opportunities

Some community gardens may not fit the typical mold of a non-profit organization which has significant benefits when applying for grants. Other gardens formed or managed by informal association of hobbyiests or concerned citizens or an HOA, for example, find it more challenging to obtain funding through traditional means. Below are some other avenues to consider:

Partnering with Local Non-profit
It is common for other business corporations, like an HOA, to partner with an existing 501(c)3 non-profit organization in which that organization serves as the fiscal sponsor for a grant.

Partnering with a local food pantry, for example, could be a win-win both for the food pantry and your garden if you choose to donate your produce.
  • List of Noblesville Non-profits

​Crowd Funding
Crowd funding, or, developing an online campaign to raise support, is popular. There are a number of websites that offer crowd-funding platforms. Here are just a few that are relevant to community gardens

  • Youcaring - A free crowdfunding platform
  • Fundly
  • Kickstarter
  • Gofundme​

This section last updated 2/22/2017 at 1113

Contact

1717 Pleasant Street
Suite 100
Noblesville, IN 46060

ph: (317) 773-2181

www.HamiltonSWCD.org

email: soil.water@hamiltoncounty.in.gov

About

The mission of the HCGN is to sustain the vibrant urban and community agriculture movement in Hamilton County by supporting the health and inspiration of its leaders. We do this by creating a space to share local knowledge, encourage collaboration, and provide training, education, and equipping.

The Hamilton County Garden Network is an initiative of the Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District.
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