Community Gardens
2012 Planting Schedule Update
- Fruit Valley Park: The gardens have been staked and planting began April 21.
- Marshall Park & Campus Garden: The gardens have been tilled. They will be staked and ready for planting on April 28.
- Ellsworth Road: The garden has been tilled. It will be staked and ready for planting on May 1.
Water access at Campus Garden and Ellsworth Road will be delayed until approximately May 4. Stay tuned for more updates.
Start a community garden and discover friendship while growing your flowers and food!
Do you enjoy growing things but lack the space to do so? Community gardening is a wonderful opportunity
to meet others with the same interests. Experience the gratification of producing flowers and food for your
table.
The Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation Community Garden program has a plot to meet your
needs. We have a variety of plot sizes and types, multiple garden locations and more community partners
to help you be a successful gardener.
Growing Groceries Mentor Program
Garden Locations and sizes
2012 Garden Plot Rates
Schedule for the 2012 season
Registration information
Other community garden options in our community
The Neighbornood Park Gardens Policy & Process
Local Gardening Resource Database
Do you need information on gardening techniques? How to start your own garden? Other gardening resources
in Clark County? Connect to the Vancouver Clark
Community Grown partnership, where local Vancouver and Clark County resources are available to
help answer your gardening questions.
Growing Groceries Mentor Program – Garden education
The Growing Groceries Mentor Program is a Clark County collaborative effort started in 2010 to
focus on training and linking experienced gardeners to serve as mentors in community-based food
garden programs. Volunteers participate in classroom based training early in the year to learn
about basic vegetable gardening and working with community groupsso that they have the skills
to act as mentors to assist food gardeners in their attempts at growing their own bounty!
Growing Groceries Mentors can help gardeners of all varieties by providing answers to basic
questions, helping with plant selection, and providing motivation and support.
If you have any questions, or would like the help of a mentor,
please contact Dean Sutera, 360-687-1967.
This program was developed through joint efforts of Clark County, WSU Clark County Extension,
Vancouver-Clarks Parks and Recreation and other community garden advocates.
Vancouver Community Garden Plot Opportunities
View the Community Garden brochure in English,
Spanish or Russian.
We have plots to address a variety of gardening needs, including:
Standard 20' x 20' seasonal till plot
Small 10' x 10' seasonal till plot
Raised bed, accessible - 4' x 12' (Marshall & Haagen)
Container bed, accessible - 4' diameter (Marshall only)
Marshall Community Park Garden
1009 E. McLoughlin Blvd.
75 plots - 20' x 20'
20 plots - 10' x 10'
3 raised beds - 4' x 12'
4 round raised containers
Access to restrooms, drinking fountains, picnic tables, benches, parking
Haagen Community Park Garden
NE 9th St, west of NE 136th Ave
12 plots - 20' x 20'
12 plots - 10' x 10'
4 raised beds - 4' x 12'-
Access to restrooms, drinking fountains, picnic tables, benches, parking
Campus Garden
Campus Drive & 65th Avenue
75 plots - 20' x 20'
Ellsworth Road Garden
SE 10th Street & Ellsworth Road
50 plots - 20' x 20'
Access to parking
Fruit Valley Park
31st Street & Fruit Valley Rd
24 plots - 20' x 20'
8 plots - 10' x 10'
Access to benches and limited parking
Garden Plot Rates
Please keep in mind plot measurements are approximate!
$40 for 20'x20' plot
$20 for 10'x10' plot
$15 for raised beds/containers
Senior Rates (60 and older) $30 for 20'x20'; $15 for 10'x10', $10 for raised beds
2012 Garden Schedule (subject to change)
This is a tentative gardening schedule. Wet weather and reductions in staff and resources have necessitated the site prep/tilling and
staking/stringing to be bumped to late April/early May.
Site prep/tilling: See note at top of page
Staking & stringing: See note at top of page
Start of plantings: See note at top of page
Last day of season: October 21
Clean-up completed: October 28
All dates are weather permitting
Registration information
Returning 2011 gardeners only: Feb. 21
New 2012 gardeners: Feb 27
Initial registration is limited to one plot
Returning gardeners may register by phone IF they are reserving the same plot from 2011.
All other registrations must be done in-person at the Marshall Center
Register at
Marshall Center
1009 East McLoughlin Boulevard
360-487-7100
Monday through Thursday: 8 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Saturday: 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Sunday: noon - 5 p.m.
Gardening education
Be sure to review the Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation catalog for classes
and programs for all ages to learning about gardening. We have camps for kids that work with gardens,
canning classes, and informational sessions.
Alternative Sites
Food Gardens in Neighborhood Parks
Are you interested in working with your neighborhood association to create a community food
garden in your neighborhood park? We may be able to help. Go to our policy for starting a
food garden in your neighborhood park. Food gardens in your neighborhood create active spaces in
the park, promote conversations with your neighbors, promote healthy lifestyles and build community.
The Clark County Gardens
Located in the 2000 block of NE 78th Street, this property used to be the site of the County's
"poor farm", where poverty stricken families lived and worked during the early part of the 20th Century.
It was deeded to WSU for agricultural research in 1949. Ownership reverted back to the County in 2008. A
commitment to the property's history, combined with a modern vision for sustainable practices and
community access, resulted in the opening of community gardens there in 2010.
The Clark County Gardens registration information
The Rose Village Neighborhood Garden
There are two neighborhood gardens in the Rose Village Neighborhood:
- Gateway Garden at 39th and P Street
- Village Plaza Garden just west of St John’s IGA at the corner of St John’s Blvd and Fort Vancouver Way
Both are volunteer-led efforts to bring food garden options closer to the local residents. These projects are led by the 4th Plain GreenUp Team and Americans Building Community, a Vancouver based 501(c)(3). Each location has 10 -15 plots of varying sizes available. Fees are consistent with city community gardens. Gardeners participate in their own garden plot, general site maintenance and can garden through fall and winter. Mentors are available. Contact Toree Hiebert at 360-907-5814
or Patti Maggiora at 360-921-7826 for
more information.
Clark County Homegrown Gardens (CCHG) is also providing
other community garden plots throughout the community.
Contact Kris Potter
at 360-695-5627 for information about CCHG.
Bagley Downs Neighborhood Garden at Columbia Signs
This neighborhood garden behind Columbia Signs at 4700 E. Fourth Plain Blvd. is a volunteer-led effort to bring food garden options closer to the local residents. This project is led by the 4th Plain GreenUp Team and Americans Building Community, a Vancouver based 501(c)(3). 10 -15 plots of varying sizes are available. Fees are consistent with city community gardens. Gardeners participate in their own garden plot, general site maintenance and can garden through fall and winter. Mentors are available.
Contact Toree Hiebert at 360-907-5814 or Patti Maggiora at
360-921-7826 for more information. Clark County Homegrown Gardens is also
providing five raised beds at this site for families on state assistance.
Raised beds come with seeds, tools, education on the Square Foot
Gardening Method, and a garden mentor to teach and guide.
Contact Kris Potter at
360-695-5627 for information about CCHG.
The Fort Vancouver Garden
The Fort Vancouver Garden is an
organic, interpretive garden
representing the type of garden
that would have been grown at the original Fort Vancouver in the 1840's. Volunteers receive
the surplus produce after it has been distributed to Share House and the Fort kitchen.
To participate in the planting, weeding and harvesting, you are required to
fill out a Volunteer Agreement. Feel free to inquire.
Contact Elaine Dorset, 360-816-6254.
Columbia River Healthy Garden
This large garden is located just west of Columbia River Mental Health Services, and just north of Carr Chevrolet on NE 65th Avenue. It is a volunteer-led effort by and for nearby neighbors. This project is led by Columbia River Mental Health Services (owner of the property), the 4th Plain GreenUp Team and Americans Building Community, a Vancouver based 501(c)(3) and. Plans are to expand over the next two years including more garden plots, fruit tree orchard and rain water runoff harvesting system. Fees are consistent with city community gardens. Gardeners participate in their own garden plot, general site maintenance and can garden through fall and winter. Mentors are available. Contact Pat Stryker at 360-993-3049, Toree Hiebert at 360-907-5814 or Patti Maggiora at
360-921-7826 for more information.
Call 487-7100 or e-mail us for more information.
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