Hoping to work on your green thumb? Check out one of these 34 community gardens in D.C. Nearly all of them are administered by the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation and overseen by volunteer garden managers whom you’ll have to contact to secure a plot. Good luck, and be patient: The waitlists can be long.
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Where to find community gardens in D.C.
There are dozens spread across the city, waiting to be tilled
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Bruce Monroe Community Garden
Neighborhood: Park View
Number of plots: 214
Euclid Street Community Garden
Neighborhood: Columbia Heights
Number of plots: 40
Kalorama Community Garden
Neighborhood: Kalorama Triangle
Number of plots: 19
West End Community Garden
Neighborhood: West End
Number of plots: 20
Friendship Community Garden
Neighborhood: Friendship Heights
Number of plots: 50
Newark Street Community Garden
Neighborhood: McLean Gardens
Number of plots: 220
Palisades Community Garden
Neighborhood: Palisades
Number of plots: 20
Emery Community Garden
Neighborhood: Brightwood
Number of plots: 40
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Fort Stevens Community Garden
Neighborhood: Brightwood
Number of plots: 9
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Hamilton Community Garden
Neighborhood: 16th Street Heights
Number of plots: 8
Takoma Community Garden
Neighborhood: Takoma
Number of plots: 11
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Twin Oaks Community Garden
Neighborhood: Petworth
Number of plots: 62
Upshur Community Garden
Neighborhood: Petworth
Number of plots: 40
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National Arboretum Youth Garden
Neighborhood: Northeast
Number of plots: No individual plots
Edgewood Community Garden
Neighborhood: Edgewood
Number of plots: 10
Harry Thomas Community Garden
Neighborhood: Eckington
Number of plots: 16
Langdon Youth and Community Garden
Neighborhood: Langdon
Number of plots: 22
Noyes Community Garden
Neighborhood: Brookland
Number of plots: 7
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Taft Field Community Garden
Neighborhood: Brookland
Number of plots: 10
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Theodore Hagans Community Garden
Neighborhood: Fort Lincoln
Number of plots: No individual plots
Turkey Thicket Community Garden
Neighborhood: University Heights
Number of plots: 15
Lovejoy Community Garden
Neighborhood: Capitol Hill
Number of plots: 18
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Southwest Community Garden
Neighborhood: Southwest
Number of plots: 32
Virginia Avenue Community Garden
Neighborhood: Capitol Riverfront
Number of plots: 80
Benning Park Community Garden
Neighborhood: Marshall Heights
Number of plots: 16
Hillcrest Community Garden
Neighborhood: Hillcrest
Number of plots: 14
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Lederer Community Garden
Neighborhood: Lincoln Heights
Number of plots: 40
Soilful City Community Garden
Neighborhood: Grant Park
Number of plots: No individual plots
Marvin Gaye Community Garden
Neighborhood: Grant Park
Number of plots: 24
Douglass Community Garden
Neighborhood: Douglass
Number of plots: 9
Ferebee Hope Community Garden
Neighborhood: Washington Highlands
Number of plots: 11
Fort Greble Community Garden
Neighborhood: Bellevue
Number of plots: 9
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Fort Stanton Community Garden
Neighborhood: Fort Stanton
Number of plots: 9
Mothers Peace Community Garden
Neighborhood: Congress Heights
Number of plots: No individual plots
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