Resources for community gardening

• Advocacy. American Community Gardening Association; communitygarden.org/programs/advocacy (No longer available online.)
• American Community Gardening Association website: communitygarden.org
• Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets. 1993. John P. Kretzman and John L. McKnight. Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University.
• The Citizen's Handbook: Practical Assistance for Those Who Want to Make a Difference. 2014. Charles Dobson. Vancouver Citizen's Committee; citizenshandbook.org
• Community Development Through Gardening: State and Local Policies Transforming Urban Open Space. 2012. Schukoske, Jane E.Schukoske. Journal of Legislation and Public Policy (3:351); nyujlpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Jane-Schukoske-Community-Development-Through-Gardening.pdf.
• Community Food Project Evaluation Toolkit. 2006. U.S. Department of Agriculture Community Food Projects Program. Available on the American Community Gardening Association "Sample Evaluation Tools" page; communitygarden.org/resources/sample-evaluation-tools
• Community Garden Start-Up Guide. Rachel Surls with Chris Braswell and Laura Harris. Up­dated March 2001 by Yvonne Savio. University of California Cooperative Extension; mgorange.ucanr.edu/files/152729.pdf
• Community Gardening in Rural Regions: Enhancing Food Security and Nutrition. December 1999. Ashley F. Sullivan. Center on Hunger and Poverty, School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University.
• Community Gardens in Milwaukee: Procedures for Their Long-Term Stability and Their Import to the City. May 13, 2003. Andrew Bremer, Ken Jenkins and Diana Kanter for Milwaukee Urban Gardens. Applied Planning Workshop, Urban Planning 811, Department of Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
• From Neglected Parcels to Community Gardens: A Handbook. Brian Emerson with Ginger Ogilvie, Celia Bell, Don Anderson, Agnes Chiao and Rob Ferris. Wasatch Community Gardens; wasatchgardens.org/files/images/FromNeglectedParcelsToCommunityGardens.PDF
• Growing Communities Curriculum: How to Build Community Through Community Gardening. 2001. Jeanette Abi-Nader, Kendall Dunnigan and Kristen Markley. American Community Gardening Association.
• Insurance for Community Gardens. American Community Gardening Association; communitygarden.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/insuranceforcommunitygardens.pdf (No longer available online.)
• Making Policy: Steps Beyond the Physical Garden. American Community Gardening Association, Community Greening Review, vol. 10 (2000); communitygarden.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/commgreenrev-00.pdf (No longer available online.)
• Raised-Bed Gardening. 2014. University of Missouri Extension publication G6985; extension.missouri.edu/publications/g6985
• Vision to Action: Take Charge Too. 2001. Green, G.P., T.O. Borich, R.D. Cole, D.L. Darling, C. Hancock, S.H. Huntington, M.S. Leuci, B. McMaster, D.B. Patton, F. Schmidt, A.H. Silvis, R. Steinberg, D. Teel, J. Wade, N. Walzer, and J. Stewart. North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, RRD 182; soc.iastate.edu/extension/ncrcrd/ncrcrd-rrd182-print.pdf (No longer available online.)

Gardeners' Welcome Packet

(The Gardeners' Welcome Packet can be downloaded from https://extension.missouri.edu/publications/mp906.)

• Gardener Guidelines (internal document). Community Garden Coalition. Columbia, Mo.; comogardens.org/gardening-guidelines

Additional resources

• Asset-Based Community Development Institute website: resources.depaul.edu/abcd-institute/Pages/default.aspx
• Fundraising. National Council of Nonprofits. councilofnonprofits.org/tools-resources/fundraising
• Garden 'n Grow program, University of Missouri Extension: extension.missouri.edu/publications/mp737
• Master Gardener program, University of Missouri Extension: mg.missouri.edu
• Seed to Table program, Maplewood Richmond Heights (Mo.) School District: mrhschools.net/gardens
• Six Steps of Program Evaluation. Northwest Center for Public Health. nwcphp.org/training/program-evaluation-in-environmental-health
• University of Missouri Extension home page: extension.missouri.edu
• University of Missouri Extension local offices: extension.missouri.edu/locations
• University of Missouri Extension Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory: extension.missouri.edu/programs/soil-and-plant-testing-laboratory/spl-soil-analysis
• U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), State and National Partners Map: nifa.usda.gov/state-and-national-partners-map

History sources

• City Bountiful: A Century of Community Gardening in America. Lawson, L. J. 2005. Berkley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press.
• Community Garden Movement. Glover, T. D. 2003. In K. Christensen & D. Levinson (eds.) Encyclopedia of Community (pp. 264–266). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Soldier's of the Soil: A Historical Review of the United States School Garden Army. Hayden-Smith, Rose. Winter 2006. Monograph, University of California 4-H Center for Youth Development;