Our Partner Gardens
The Come Grow With Us! Community Farm and Garden initiative builds food-producing farms and gardens and hosts a FREE, garden information sharing network in Union County. Each year all Partner Gardens are invited to Jerry’s Free Plant Sale to receive organically grown seedlings and to select donated seeds for the gardens. Over 18,000 plants and 30,000 packets of seeds were donated to Union County Gardens.
All community gardens are invited to join! Click here (link to Partner Garden Agreement)
Special Thanks to our 2018 Seed Donors!
All community gardens are invited to join!
Click below to print our Partner Garden Agreement:
GE-CGWU-PartnerGardenAgreement2018
Spring Events Coming Soon
BT Mathis Community Garden
Twp. Of Union Community Garden
Linden Comm. In Cooperation
Contact: Kishon DuBose Phone: 908-290-3107
Pamela Jones Phone: 908-447-9877
Email: cicpamelajones@comcast.net
Scotch Plains-Fanwood Community Garden
Elmora Library
Hillside Victory Garden
New Providence Community Garden
Rahway JFK Community Garden
Roselle Park Community Garden
Grace Episcopal Church Garden
Richmond Towers
Rahway Gateway YMCA
Reeves-Reed
Linden Dill Ave. Community Garden
Come Grow With Us! Partner Garden Requirements:
- To attend a 2 hour “Season Opener” meeting prior to the start of the season
- Two head gardeners must be identified per location
- A dedicated area for a raised bed garden
- An existing water source, or plans to create one
- To ONLY use organic compost and insecticide.
- Must display a CGWU Partner Garden sign (supplied)
- Weigh produce and maintain a daily log as picked (scale provided)
- Gardens must submit annual harvest log with total garden weight and donation weight
Come Grow With US! Offers Partner Gardens the following partner support:
- Soil testing via Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Union County
- Garden design and plot planning
- Non-GMO seeds and organically grown transplants
- Organic fertilizers (as available)
- Disease and pest management support
- Ongoing garden support
- Continuing Educational Instruction through Farm & Garden Adventures held (for up to 20 participants)