COMMUNITY GARDEN PROGRAM
Updated August 2007

Community Gardens help neighbors learn and use horticultural skills in cultivating vegetables and flowers while turning unsightly vacant lots into flourishing gardens. The program adds vegetation to urban areas and helps promote safe and beautiful neighborhoods. The gardens are an excellent way to make neighbor-to-neighbor connections and build relationships among people of all ages, from pre-school age to seniors.

History

Brightside’s Community Garden Program has been in existence for over 19 years. 84 gardens were added in 2003 – Engelhard Elementary, Louisville Diversified Services and Lassiter Garden.
 
In 2007 the Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service took over the management of the community garden program in order to provide the gardener's more resources.

Gardens

• Emerson Garden, 1100 Sylvia Street, Schnitzelburg Neighborhood
• Limerick Garden, 933 South 6^th Street, Limerick Neighborhood (near Old Louisville)
• Russell Garden, NE corner of 22^nd & Cedar Streets, Russell Neighborhood
• Phoenix Hill Garden, 412 Wenzel Street, Phoenix Hill Neighborhood
• Garden of Eatin’, 417 South Shelby Street, Phoenix Hill Neighborhood
• Engelhard Elementary School, corner of 1^st & Kentucky Streets in Old Louisville. It is a partnership between the school and community. An education garden program with a greenhouse for the students, plus additional plots available to the community.
• Louisville Diversified Services Garden, 136 Sacred Heart Lane, (behind Field Elementary School). Partnership between Field Elementary School and Louisville Diversified Services. An education garden program for the students, plus additional plots available to the community.
• Kennedy Montessori Garden, 37800 Gibson Lane. An education garden program for the students, plus additional plots are available to the community.