Coalition of Community Gardens

Shouting OUT a big "thank you" to all who attended the
Grow Community Gardens - Tampa Bay conference
Tampa Heights Youth Development & Community Center, 2005 N. Lamar Avenue April 6; April 7

DEEP APPRECIATION FOR the garden leaders and city/county officials from across the region who participated in the panel discussion: Thom Snelling/City of Tampa, Raleigh Barnes/Hillsborough Parks & Rec., Cheri Donohue/City of Temple Terrace, Bill Bilodeaux/Sustainable Urban Agriculture Coalition Pinellas , Robyn Keefe, Pinellas Parks Dept., Alana Brasier, Renaissance Planning, Michele Ogilvie/Garden Steps, Tampa. We were so sorry that Ava Deveaux, Bartlett Park/Pinellas, had a family emergency and could not attend.

· THANKS to—Joseph W. Dorsey, Ph.D., USF Patel College of Global Sustainability: Growing Gardens, Raising Communities: Movement, Moment, Momentum

·THANKS to members for presenting their projects: 1)Lee Elementary school garden, 2)Homebiogas—Tracy Tippin, 3) Blake HS school garden & biodigester; 4) Sustany Foundation, Seed to Sustenance ; 5) Rodrick Taylor, fresh chef; 6) Fresh Market HART/Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful; 7) Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences; 8) Clearwater Marine Aquarium; zero waste plan; 9) Karissa Raymond, U of F.

·THANKS to members for presenting information

Healthy Gardens—Koreen Brennan, Permacul tur e, Grow Permaculture.com·
Healthy gardeners—Ayesha Johnson, Ph.D. /DOH, Health issues in Food Desert Areas·
Healthy community—Bardine Hicks,/Senior Connections, Gardening w Seniors

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Thank you to our sponsors: Sustany Foundation and Garden Steps.
THANKS to Shell's Feed & Garden Supply for sponsoring our hospitality table.

SAVE THE DATE: 2nd Annual Grow Community Gardens - Tampa Bay, April 5-7, 2019. Rick Martinez, Sweetwater Farm, is our special guest.

Coalition of Community Gardens - Tampa Bay

There are Community Gardens all over the West Central Florida area. We invite all community gardens to be a part of this coalition whose mission is to:
support the success of community gardening by sharing knowledge, resources, experience; by supporting public policies; and by assisting new community gardens to be established.

The following community gardens are members of the coalition:
· Bartlett Park Community Garden, 1443 Highland St. S, St. Pete, St., Ava Deveaux ,
Beacon Food Forest Community Garden, 2470 Nursery Rd., Clearwater, Jay Hardman
· Clearwater Community Garden, 1277 Grove Street, Clearwater, Howard Warshauer,
· Euclid Heights Community Garden, 5000 10th Street N., St Petersburg, Maggie Jensen,
Friendship Farms & Fare at 6119 Illinois Ave New Port Richey https://tarrylane.wixsite.com/friendship
Grand Gardens at 5721 Grand Blvd, New Port Richey   http://gardenflorida.org/grand-gardens
· HOPE Community Garden, 4902 N. 22 St., Tampa, Suzette Dean,
· Mustard Seed Garden at Tims Memorial Presbyterian Church, Lutz. 601 Sunset Lane, Lutz, Ardell ONeal,
· Lakewood Ranch Adventure Park Community Garden, 13010 Adventure Place, Bradenton, FL. Lori Walker,
· Oldsmar Organic Community Garden, 423 Lafayette Blvd, oldsmarorganicgarden@gmail.com,
· Plant City Commons Community Garden. Karen Elizabeth, 2001 E Cherry St. Plant City,
· Progress Village Community Garden, Progress Village Civic Council, (813) 741-3604
· Robes Park Village Community Garden. Reva Iman, 3518 N Avon Avenue, Tampa
· Seeds of Faith Community Garden at Bay Life Church, Cindy Paulhus, 1017 N Kingsway Rd, Brandon,
· Seffner CommUNITY Garden, 406 N Kingsway Ave. Joy Ingram,
· Seminole Heights Community Garden, Colleen Parker, 6114 River Terrace ,Tampa, info.shcg@gmail.com,
· Sulphur Springs Community Garden, 1506 Eskimo Ave., Urtorio Brown,
· Sustainable Living Project, 918 W Sligh Ave. Georgea Snyder,
· St. Pete Eco-Village, 302 15th Street North, St. Petersburg, Chris Kenrick,
· Tampa Bay Community Garden at St. Mary’s Ethiopian Church, Fr. Bekele, 2418 S. 86 Street , 679-4982
· Tampa Heights Community Garden, 605 E. Frances Ave., Kitty Wallace, Lena Young Green, 992-0940,
· Temple Terrace Community Garden, 329 S Riverhills Dr., Temple Terrace, Valerie Futral,
· Temple Terrace Farm2School Garden, Elizabeth Lieb, ttfarm2school@gmail.com,
· University Area Community Garden, 14013 N 22 Street, Tampa, Erica Nelson, enelson@uacdc.org
· VISTA Gardens, Carrollwood, 13572 South Village Dr., Bill West, ,
· Ybor Street Community Garden, 2924 Ybor St. Jessica Summers,

· Allied Entities: The following organizations/businesses are members of the coalition:
City of Tampa, Hillsborough County Public Schools, Hillsborough County Commissioners, Hillsborough County Planning Commission, Hillsborough Extension Service, Hillsborough Metropolitan Planning Organization, Hillsborough Soil & Water Conservation Distric, Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful, Sustany Foundation, Tampa Bay Network to End Hunger, Tampa Garden Club, Whitwam Organics,