Community Gardens

Please view the Adult Risk Waiver and the EMF Community Garden Rules for Participation Form. If you have any questions, please email nassau@cornell.edu

Thank you

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Community Gardens are a wonderful way to bring horticulture and gardening to a community that may have limited space. The Community Gardens at the East Meadow Farm consist of 60-5'x20' beds that are leased to families, individuals, schools and community groups. Most gardeners grow produce for their families, and school/youth groups utilize the space to learn about botany, plant and soil science. 

According to the American Community Gardening Association, community gardens benefit the community in the following ways:

• Improve the quality of life for people in the garden
• Provide a catalyst for neighborhood and community development
• Stimulate social interaction
• Encourage self-reliance
• Beautify neighborhoods
• Produce nutritious food
• Reduce family food budgets
• Conserve resources
• Create opportunities for recreation, exercise, therapy, and education
• Reduce crime
• Preserve green space
• Create income opportunities and economic development
• Reduce heat from streets and parking lots

The space at East Meadow has specifically helped the Nassau community reconnect with nature.

Excess produce is donated weekly to the local food charities.

Last updated May 7, 2020