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

1. Bruce Monroe Community Garden
Washington, DC 20001
Neighborhood: Park View
Number of plots: 214
2. Euclid Street Community Garden
Washington, DC 20009
Neighborhood: Columbia Heights
Number of plots: 40
3. Kalorama Community Garden
Washington, DC 20009
Neighborhood: Kalorama Triangle
Number of plots: 19
4. West End Community Garden
Washington, DC 20037
Neighborhood: West End
Number of plots: 20
5. Friendship Community Garden
Washington, DC 20016
Neighborhood: Friendship Heights
Number of plots: 50
6. Newark Street Community Garden
Washington, DC 20016
Neighborhood: McLean Gardens
Number of plots: 220
7. Palisades Community Garden
Washington, DC 20016
Neighborhood: Palisades
Number of plots: 20
8. Emery Community Garden
Washington, DC 20011
Neighborhood: Brightwood
Number of plots: 40
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9. Fort Stevens Community Garden
Washington, DC 20012
Neighborhood: Brightwood
Number of plots: 9
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10. Hamilton Community Garden
Washington, DC 20011
Neighborhood: 16th Street Heights
Number of plots: 8
11. Takoma Community Garden
Washington, DC 20012
Neighborhood: Takoma
Number of plots: 11
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12. Twin Oaks Community Garden
Washington, DC 20011
Neighborhood: Petworth
Number of plots: 62
13. Upshur Community Garden
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14. National Arboretum Youth Garden
Washington, DC 20002
Neighborhood: Northeast
Number of plots: No individual plots
15. Edgewood Community Garden
Washington, DC 20002
Neighborhood: Edgewood
Number of plots: 10
16. Harry Thomas Community Garden
Washington, DC 20002
Neighborhood: Eckington
Number of plots: 16
17. Langdon Youth and Community Garden
Washington, DC 20018
Neighborhood: Langdon
Number of plots: 22
18. Noyes Community Garden
Washington, DC 20017
Neighborhood: Brookland
Number of plots: 7
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19. Taft Field Community Garden
Washington, DC 20018
Neighborhood: Brookland
Number of plots: 10
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20. Theodore Hagans Community Garden
Washington, DC 20018
Neighborhood: Fort Lincoln
Number of plots: No individual plots
21. Turkey Thicket Community Garden
Washington, DC 20017
Neighborhood: University Heights
Number of plots: 15
22. Lovejoy Community Garden
Washington, DC 20002
Neighborhood: Capitol Hill
Number of plots: 18
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23. Southwest Community Garden
24. Virginia Avenue Community Garden
Washington, DC 20003
Neighborhood: Capitol Riverfront
Number of plots: 80
25. Benning Park Community Garden
Washington, DC 20019
Neighborhood: Marshall Heights
Number of plots: 16
26. Hillcrest Community Garden
Washington, DC 20020
Neighborhood: Hillcrest
Number of plots: 14
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27. Lederer Community Garden
Washington, DC 20019
Neighborhood: Lincoln Heights
Number of plots: 40
28. Soilful City Community Garden
Washington, DC 20019
Neighborhood: Grant Park
Number of plots: No individual plots
29. Marvin Gaye Community Garden
Washington, MD 20019
Neighborhood: Grant Park
Number of plots: 24
30. Douglass Community Garden
Washington, DC 20020
Neighborhood: Douglass
Number of plots: 9
31. Ferebee Hope Community Garden
Washington, DC 20032
Neighborhood: Washington Highlands
Number of plots: 11
32. Fort Greble Community Garden
Washington, DC 20032
Neighborhood: Bellevue
Number of plots: 9
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33. Fort Stanton Community Garden
Washington, DC 20020
Neighborhood: Fort Stanton
Number of plots: 9
34. Mothers Peace Community Garden
Washington, DC 20032
Neighborhood: Congress Heights
Number of plots: No individual plots
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