Criteria

  • Located in the city limits of Lynchburg, Virginia
  • Can be rented or borrowed by residents of Lynchburg, Virginia to grow food for themselves

Gardens

Name Location How to join Active?
University of Lynchburg Community Garden (Facebook) Beaver Point by College Lake Unsure. Waiting on Facebook page manager to respond to a message I sent on 2022-01-16. Yes
Hill City Master Gardeners Davis Instructional Garden at Humankind Humankind Way Call the Hill City Master Gardener Association help desk at +1 434 455 3743 for an application. Yes
Daniel’s Hill Garden “The Veggie Spot” 904 Cabell Street Unsure. Waiting on Facebook page manager to respond to a message I sent on 2022-01-16. Yes
Yoder Center 109 Jackson Street Be a resident of the neighborhood and call +1 434 485 8301. Yes (based on center website and recent satellite imagery)
Daniel’s Hill Center 317 Norwood Street Be a resident of the neighborhood and call +1 434 485 8337. Yes (based on center website and recent satellite imagery)
Diamond Hill Center 1005 17th Street Be a resident of the neighborhood and call +1 434 485 8339. Yes (based on center website and recent satellite imagery)
Fairview Center 3621 Campbell Avenue Be a resident of the neighborhood and call +1 434 485 8302. Yes (based on center website and recent satellite imagery)
College Hill Center 811 Jackson Street Be a resident of the neighborhood and call +1 434 485 8331. Unsure (center website says there’s a garden, but recent satellite imagery gives no evidence of a current or recent garden)
Pierce Street Community Garden(Instagram) 1301 Pierce Street Unsure. Waiting for Instagram page manager to respond to a message I sent on 2021-01-21 Yes

Other gardens that don’t meet the criteria

  • QMPC Community Garden (seems to only be accessible to members, and all food is donated to charities)
  • Grow & Give Community Garden (doesn’t seem like anybody can join and grow food for themselves…appears that it is more educational and charitable in nature)
  • Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Harvest House (can’t find much about this one, so it may not exist anymore)
  • Randolph College Organic Garden (manager of Facebook page said plots are only open to Randolph faculty, staff, and students, but you can email Riley Lorson about occasional volunteer opportunities)
  • Lynchburg Grows (a nonprofit farm with CSA programs)

Interesting ultra-local food resources