Resources for Gardeners

For inquiries contact Angela Hartsell, Community Gardens Manager.

Green Spaces Alliance’s Community Garden Network now boasts 33 beautiful gardens!

Learn about Gardening

Green Spaces hosts multiple community gardening workshops each year that provide gardeners with regionally-appropriate gardening techniques as they get hands-on training from local experts.

Sign-up for the next garden workshop: February 18- Creating a Sustainable Garden

 

Download the PDF for workshop details and a mail-in registration form

Member gardens of the GSA network are required to attend a minimum of three workshops per year.
Report your attendance at a garden-related or community-building workshop.

“Thank you for all that you do with Green Spaces Alliance, every function I’ve attended has been helpful and interesting…” -Michael

How to Start a Community Garden

1. Build your community group.
2. Define your garden’s purpose.
3. Select a garden site.
4. Determine leaders and delegate tasks.
5. Gather resources and support.

Funding for Community Gardens

1. Starter Funding from Green Spaces
These awards provide facilitation, advice, and some funding to help gardeners get started. Groups of five or more unrelated individuals who want to start a garden in their neighborhood may apply. Organized neighborhood associations, non-profit corporations, public institutions, and unincorporated neighbor groups are also encouraged to apply when they meet the eligibility criteria.

See this program overview or contact us for more information.

Your application must include:

If you plan to apply, please contact us as soon as possible. Please include the name of your neighborhood and/or affiliated organization.

2. Other Funding Opportunities are also Available to Community Gardens

Keep Community Gardens Growing

There are several ways that you can help keep community gardens growing:

1. Volunteer on one or more occasions at one or more gardens.
2. Donate to Green Spaces Alliance or become a member.
3. Donate underused equipment to community gardens in San Antonio.
4. Sponsor a tree, bench, planter box, set of tools, or a whole garden and have your name posted in that garden.
5. Offer your expertise.
6. Attend a workshop.

Tool Library Inventory

Gardeners within Green Spaces Alliance’s network are welcome to borrow any of the tools below to help keep their community gardens growing. Please contact our office if you are interested in picking anything up.

  • 1 large 4-cycle tiller (Lurch)
  • 1 small 2-cycle tiller (Sparky)
  • 1 pitchfork
  • Compact thermometer
  • Sharp shooter
  • 5 spades
  • Loppers
  • 5 pr gardening gloves
  • 1 pr rose pruning gloves
  • Sphagnum moss
  • Kneeler
  • Twine
  • 2 safety goggles
  • 3 spray paint for marking
  • 3 rolls fluorescent tape
  • Hammer
  • 3 garden hand spades
  • Grass clippers
  • Mallet
  • Hand held garden claw
  • Bypass pruner
  • Anvil pruner
  • Measuring tape
  • Large stack of newspaper
  • Various seed varieties

Related Websites

American Community Gardening Association
Bexar County Master Gardeners
Alamo Area Master Naturalists
Mitchell Lake Audubon Center
San Antonio Botanical Garden