GARDEN GROW SHARE
Learn, plant, and grow with helpful guidance in a fun and friendly atmosphere.
We wanted to make it easier for our city's growers to grow beautiful and productive home and community gardens.
For a sliding-scale membership fee, individuals, households, and community organizations are given seeds and transplants to start their garden and have access to monthly garden workshops, technical support, garden and power tool rentals.
Past Workshop Topics
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Garden planning and layout
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Companion planting, square foot and container gardening
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Pest identification and control
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How to harvest veggies and when to know they are ready
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Composting
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Crop rotation and season extension
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End of season best practices
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When you join our Garden Grow Share program, you gain access to our Tool Library! Borrow gardening tools, drills, and more for up to a week! No need to purchase expensive equipment. Enjoy the freedom to garden and build garden beds as you progress in this program, without the additional costs.
SFP Tool Library
PROGRAM OPTIONS
Membership Benefits
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Access to garden workshops throughout the growing season. We are available to answer questions, connect you to resources, and offer educational opportunities.
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We will help you plan your garden layout and support you through the season by helping to troubleshoot problems and pests as they occur.
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We will do a site visit as needed to provide tips for layout and design.
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Soil testing; we encourage and support testing soil to ensure safe growing conditions.
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Access to tools and equipment through our tool share.
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Plants are grown in Indy and are compatible with small spaces and container gardening, seeds are easy to sow.
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Gardeners are responsible for picking up seeds and transplants, and details are sent out before distribution.
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Option to have raised beds constructed at your garden site for an additional fee
Family Garden - $15
Serves a single family, usually backyard garden.
Community Garden - $30
2 or more people working within a community organization
Tool Share - $20
Access to just our tool share program, no seeds or plants