Community Gardens in San Diego County

Most community gardens are grass-roots efforts created by neighborhoods or individuals who feel that their
community is enhanced when neighbors come together to grow food. Other gardens are facilitated by the cities and
towns in which they reside. Regardless, every community garden is a labor of love that bring folks together to create
beauty and delicious food.

NEW! Map of San Diego County Community Gardens provided by San

Diego County Master Gardeners.
Click on image below or here.

Most gardens on this list are full and there is a waiting list to get in. What this means is that there is a growing
demand (sorry!) for more. If you're starting one and want to be added to this list, fill out the Community Garden
Survey below. The list is maintained by the Master Gardeners Association and is updated here periodically.

Quick links to:

Resources for Starting a Community Garden

Links to articles about Community Gardening
Get your community garden listed here
Community Gardens in San Diego County
Educational and Non-profit Gardens
For-profit Farms & Gardens with Community Outreach

Resources for Starting a Community Garden

Victory Garden San Diego, VGSD is a collaborative effort of several local gardening, food and community groups
working together to encourage and help people in our community grow food closer to where they eat. VGSD partners
provide educational support opportunities for people to be successful gardeners. To find out the latest on this project's
development, click here.
San Diego County Master Gardeners Association Community gardens turn empty lots and open spaces into green
areas for growing fresh produce and plants. Community gardens encourage understanding and awareness of the
environment around us, while rewarding the gardeners with home grown fruits, vegetables and other crops. Most are
comprised of manageable sized garden plots that are joint projects created by members of the community and cared
for by individuals. As such they also encourage opportunities for social gatherings, beautification, education and
recreation.

(San Diego) Community Farms & Gardens Their mission is simple: to grow community farms and gardens. They are
a one-stop resource for all things related to urban gardening and growing, performing outreach, leading tours, hosting
or tabling at events, working with city leaders on policies that effect urban agriculture, and collaborating with a
variety of like-minded organizations in the San Diego Region.

City of San Diego Community Garden Ordinance (download .pdf file)

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Links to articles about Community Gardening

The Incredible, Edible Front Lawn, Earthview's campaign to plant visible public properties with food, Time, July 1,
2008

Community Gardens: Growing Food Brings People Together. Article from Common Dreams Newsletter on the
nationwide resurgence of Community Gardens.

San Francisco Firm Harvests Potential of Unused Land, article from the San Francisco Chronicle about growing food
in one's yard. SFGate, June 23, 2008.

Lettuce on the White House Lawn, editorial by Ellen Goodman about converting public spaces to food production,
from the International Herald Tribune (New York Times), July 4, 2008.

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Get your community garden listed here

Do you have a community garden you would like listed, or
is the information we have below inacurrate?

Please click the link below and complete the Community Garden Survey. This list is maintained by the San Diego
County Master Gardeners Association.

Click here for the Community Garden Survey

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List of Community Gardens in San Diego County

Last updated on November 14, 2008. This list is courtesy of Judy Jacoby and the San Diego Master Gardeners
Association.
San Diego: Balboa Park Edible Landscape

Contact: Julie Osborn, 619.298.6845; email: [email protected]

Location: 6th Ave. and Quince, Bankers Hill 92103
Description: Edible landscape, no individual plots, currently forming and accepting members. link to their site

San Diego: Beyond the Garden

Contact: Angie Gonzales; 619.269.4803; email: [email protected]

Location: Encanto
Description: Community and educational garden at a licensed Child Family Day Care Home. Participant residents of
the home, children and families of day care and known community volunteers. Visitors welcome by appointment
only.

San Diego: Friends Center Peace Garden

Contact: Ava Torre-Bueno;, email: [email protected]

Location: 3850 Westgate Place, San Diego 92105
Description: Project of the Church of the Brethren, the San Diego Friends Meeting, the Peace Resource Center and
the American Friends Service Committee; volunteers needed; all produce will go to feed the homeless; garden will
also be an education and demonstration site for organic gardening, composting, the connection between eating locally
and peace, etc. Volunteers/visitors/knowledge sharing welcome.

San Diego: Golden Hill Community Garden

Contact: Golden Hill Community Development Corporation, 619.696.9992,

1235 28 St. San Diego 92102
Location: In Balboa Park @ 2440 Russ Boulevard, San Diego 92102
Description: 29 plots, annual fee $30. Currently has a waiting list

San Diego: Juniper-Front Community Garden

Contact:
Location: 2260 Front Street, San Diego 92101
Description: 34 plots, equal opportunity, long waiting list

San Diego: New Roots Community Farm

Contact: Amy Lint, International Rescue Committee (619) 641-7510 ext. 244, email: [email protected]
Location: 54th Avenue & Chollas Parkway, San Diego 92105
Description: Community garden on city owned lot. 89 plots, various sizes, sliding scale fees. Open to City Heights
residents, plots available. Open to the public. Educational. Volunteers welcome

San Diego: Ocean Beach Community Garden

Contact: Margaret Young (619) 224-5198; email: [email protected]

Location: Collier Park, NW corner, 2351 Soto Street, San Diego 92107
Description: 51 plots, 20’ x 10’ semi-annual fee $45. No eligibility restrictions, currently full. Open to the public Sat
and Sun noon to 4 pm.

San Diego: The Orchard Community Garden

Contact: Kandi Lee (619) 223-3520; email: [email protected]
Location: 4040 Hancock Street, San Diego 92110
Description: 70 plots, Orchard Apartment residents only (seniors 55 and over). Residents and invited guests and
volunteers welcome.

San Diego: TLC Community Giving Garden

Contact: Carol Morse 858-688-2949; email: [email protected]

Location: Tierrasanta Lutheran Church 11240 Claremont Mesa Blvd. San Diego 92124
Description: new ministry of a church to grow community-produced organic fruits and vegetables, then to donate a
percentage of the proceeds to local outreach organization in need. There will also be a children’s garden area. Shared
gardens and 63 individual plots, 3.5’x 12’ $100.00/year. Plots available. Eligibility: open. Educational programs,
Donations warmly accepted. Volunteer Day: 3rd Saturday of the month 9 am- 1pm.

San Diego: Pacific Beach Community Garden

Contact: Gloria Olsen; email: [email protected]

Location: Shasta & Roosevelt Streets, San Diego 92109
Description: 52 plots, 10x20, $60 fee, long waiting list, organic only; open to PB residents only.

San Diego: Tijuana River Valley Community Garden

Contact: Diana Bergman (619) 562-0096; email: [email protected]

Location: Corner of Sunset Avenue & Hollister Street, San Diego 92154
Description: 136 plots, 30’ x 30’ annual fee $70, applications available at Ranger Station 2310 Hollister St., or at
Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego County, 332 S. Juniper St., Suite 110, Escondido 92025; phone:
760-745-2061, has a waiting list. Open to the public. link to their site

San Diego: Vera House Community Garden

Contact: David Baron email: [email protected]

Location: Corner of 34th Street & N. Mountain View Drive, San Diego 92116
Description: 13 plots, annual fee $60 Organic gardening only. Preference to Normal Heights residents, currently a
waiting list. link to their site

San Diego: Carlsbad Community Garden

Contact: Connie Kessler (760) 434-2824; email: [email protected]

Location: 750 Laguna Drive (north of City Hall), Carlsbad 92008
Description: 48 plots, annual fee $60.00; currently a waiting list; open to the public by appointment

El Cajon: Magnolia School Community Garden

Contact: Pat Jean Hadley (619) 733-3631; email: [email protected]

Location: 650 Greenfield Drive, El Cajon 92021
Description: 36 plots, annual fee $50 plus $25 returnable cleanup fee; plots available

Escondido: Escondido Community Garden

Contact: Beth Mercurio (760) 751-2275

Location: West Side Centre City Pkwy, between El North Pkwy & Mission Ave. 92026
Description: 80 plots, annual fee $35, semi-annual fee $20, plus deposit
Escondido: Proyecto Cosecha Nuestra

Contact: Hormedes “Norma” Albino (760) 739-9273

Location: 1540 South Escondido Boulevard, Escondido 92025
Description: 41 plots, $10 donation, open to Escondido residents, currently a waiting list, open to the public, best
time to visit is in the evening after work. Seeking bilingual volunteers.

Escondido: Senior Gardeners’ Club

Contact: Charles Ambruster (858) 484-2253

Location: West side Centre City Pkwy, between El Norte Pkwy & Mission Ave. 92026
Description: 26 plots, annual fee $10, Open to seniors 55 and older, open to the public by appointment.

Fallbrook: Fallbrook Community Garden

Contact: Judy Mitchell (760) 728-1332

Location: Alturas Road and Ali Lane

Oceanside: Ivey Ranch Community Garden

Contact: Tonya Danielly (760) 722-4839; email: [email protected]

Location: Ivey Ranch Park Association; 110 Rancho Del Oro Drive, Oceanside 92057
Description: 36 plots, 300 sq ft each $60/yr, currently a waiting list, no eligibility requirements. link to their site

Poway: Poway Valley Community Garden

Contact: Lisa Kirchner (858) 716-9323; [email protected]

Location: On Vista View Dr. behind Richardson Pontiac on Poway Road, 92064
Description: 12 plots, annual fee $60

San Marcos: San Marcos Community Garden

Fulton House Community Garden

Contact: Krystal Mainprize 760.744.9000

Location: 1263 Fulton Road, San Marcos 92069
Description: 30 plots, annual fee $40 1st year, $20 annually thereafter, San Marcos residents have priority, currently
a waiting list;

Santee: Edgemoor Senior Garden

Contact: Paul Marus 619.562.8015; email: [email protected]

Location: 9065 Edgemoor Drive, Santee 92071
Description: 28 individual plots and shared gardens, seniors only, annual fee $20. Routinely open to the public.

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Educational and Non-profit Gardens

San Diego: San Diego City College Urban Farm
Contact: Paul Maschka; email: [email protected]
Location: City College campus, just north of corner of C St. & 14th Street, downtown SD
Description: Urban Farming Program, 1/3 acre. Visitors and volunteers welcome. We are at the farm T, Th & Sat , 8
am to noon. link to their website; link to their blog

San Diego: Terra Nova Garden at Morse High School

Contact: email: [email protected]

Location: 6905 Skyline Drive, San Diego 92114
Description: Garden hosts periodic community garden volunteer days
link to their site

San Diego: Crawford High School Garden

Contact: Ellee Igoe 619.641.7510, ext. 263 email: [email protected]

Location: 4191 Colts Way, San Diego 92115
Description: Educational garden for Crawford High School Students. Donations, technical assistance and volunteers
wanted. Open for special events.

San Diego: WorldBeat Center Children’s Organic Ethnobotany Garden

Contact: 619.230.1190; email [email protected]

Location: 2100 Park Blvd, San Diego 92101
Description: Collaborates with community organizations to provide nutrition/gardening programs. link to their site

El Cajon: The Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College

Contact: (619) 660-0614; email: [email protected]

Location: 12122 Cuyamaca College Drive West El Cajon 92019
Description: Public is welcome for self-guided tours, special programs, events and classes. Admission is free, some
classes require a fee. Apply to become a volunteer or docent. link to their site

Julian: Camp Stevens

Contact: Ryan Wanamaker 760.765.0028; email: [email protected]

Location: Camp Stevens is located 2 miles east of Julian on Hwy 78
Description: Programs include spring and fall organic gardening workshops, retreats, volunteer opportunities and
children’s camps. Open to the public by appointment.
link to their site

National City: The Stein Family Farm

Contact: Chris Johnson 619.477.4113

Location: 1808 F Avenue, National City 91950
Description: Historical Museum with farmhouse, barn and exhibits. Also serves as a community, educational &
shared garden. Plot number varies with interest. Open Saturdays from 10 -4 pm during Daylight Savings Time and 10
to 2 pm during Standard Time and for special events. Gardening and harvesting is available to whoever shows up.
Admission is free, tours can be reserved for a fee, and volunteers are welcome.
link to their site

Pauma Valley: Tierra Miguel Farm

Contact: 760.742.4213; email: [email protected]
Location: 14910 Pauma Valley Drive, Pauma Valley 92061
Description: Biodynamic organic farm open to volunteers 1st Saturday of every month and for classes and special
events

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For-profit Farms and Gardens

with community outreach

San Diego: City Farmers Nursery

Contact: Bill Tall 619.284.6358

Location: 4832 Home Avenue (at Euclid Ave) San Diego 92105
Description: Offers classes and gardening advice; community gardening supporter, Open to having volunteers work
in the garden. link to their site

San Diego: Be Wise Ranch

Contact: Bill Brammer 858.756.3088; email: [email protected]

Location: 9018 Artesian Rd., San Diego 92127
Description: Yearly farm tour for CSA members. link to their site

San Diego: Seabreeze Organic Farm

Contact: Stephenie Caughlin 858.481.0209; email: [email protected]

Location: 3909 Arroyo Sorrento Rd., San Diego 92130
Description: CSA, Tours/visits arranged by appointment; priority to CSA shareholders,
link to their site

Flinn Springs: Summers Past Farms

Contact: 619.390.1523; email: [email protected]

Location: 15602 Olde Hwy 80, Flinn Springs 92021
link to their site

Lakeside: Victoria’s Gardens

Contact: (619) 390-9571

Location: 13120 Willow Road, Lakeside 92040
Description: link to their site

Escondido: La Milpa Organica

Contact: Barry Logan 760.839.1111; email: [email protected]

Location: 9928 Protea Gardens Road, Escondido 92026
Description: Open to the public for special events. link to their site

Valley Center: Bates Nut Farm

Contact: 760.749.3333 or 1.800.642.0348; email: [email protected]
Location: 15954 Woods Valley Road, Valley Center 92082
Description: link to their site

Hemet: Sage Mountain Farm

Contact: Phil Noble 951.767.1016; email: [email protected]

Location: Hemet
Description: CSA; link to their site

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Get your community garden listed here

Do you have a community garden you would like listed, or
is the information we have below inacurrate?

Please click the link below and complete the Community Garden Survey. This list is maintained by the Master
Gardeners Association.

Click here for the Community Garden Survey