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Planting has begun!
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.
Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation has expanded and refined the Community Garden program for 2010.
We anticipate an exciting garden season, where you'll find more garden plots, new garden locations,
varied plot sizes, accessible plots, and updated fees.
Growing Groceries Mentor Program
Garden Locations and sizes
2010 Garden Plot Rates
Schedule for the 2010 season
Registration information
Updated rules and info flyer, in English,
Russian and
Spanish
Other community garden options in our community
The Neighbornood 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 new Vancouver Clark
Community Grown partnership, where local Vancouver and Clark County resources are available to
help answer your gardening questions.
Check out the Vancouver Clark Community Grown website!
If you are a member of a local food or gardening group or organization, please help Clark County Community Grown
in developing a stronger web site for the community by taking this survey.
Growing Groceries Mentor Program – Garden education
The Growing Groceries Mentor Program is a new Clark County collaborative effort focused on
training and linking experienced gardeners to serve as mentors in community-based food garden programs.
Volunteers participated in classroom based training early in 2010 to learn about basic vegetable
gardening and working with community groups, and now 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 Ariel Rivers.
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
Variety of Plot options: Beginning in 2010, we will provide 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 only)
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' NEW!
3 raised beds - 4' x 12' NEW!
8 round raised containers NEW!
Access to restrooms, drinking fountains, picnic tables, benches, parking
Haagen Community Park Garden - NEW!
NE 9th St, west of NE 136th Ave
12 plots - 20' x 20' NEW!
12 plots - 10' x 10' NEW!
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' 4 NEW!
8 plots - 10' x 10' NEW!
Access to benches
Garden Plot Rates (UPDATED for 2010)
$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
Assistance is available for low-income families through the
Everbody Plays! Recreation Scholarsip program.
2010 Garden Schedule (subject to change)
Site prep/tilling March / April
Staking & Stringing by April 16
Start of plantings April 17
Last day of season October 25
Clean-up completed November 1
All dates are weather permitting
Registration information
Returning 2009 gardeners only: Feb. 16
New 2010 gardeners: Feb 22
Initial registration is limited to 1 plot
Returning gardeners may register by phone IF they are reserving the same plot from 2009.
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.
Alternative Sites
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
committment 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
This garden, at 39th and P Streets in Vancouver, is a volunteer lead effort to bring food garden options
closer to the local residents. This project is lead by a non-profit, Americans Building Community, based
here in Vancouver. The garden has 10 -15 plots available. There are also five raised beds for families
on state assistance. These beds come with seeds, tools, education on the Square foot Gardening Method and
a garden mentor to teach and guide. Scholarships are available. No one is turned away because of
inability to pay. Garden mentors are available for larger plots as well. First preference is given to those
living in the Rose Village Neighborhood.
Please contact Toree Hiebert for more information, or call 360-907-5814.
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 Bill DeBerry, 360-816-6247.
Food Gardens in Neighborhood Parks - NEW!
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.
Call 487-7100 or e-mail us for more information.
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