Find a Garden Near You
Click on the image at the right  to open the map of Madison's community gardens. It is best to get a plot at a garden that is near where you live or work, so that it is easy for you to go there often. Look up the desired garden in the list below, contact the registrar, and ask to be added to their list.

Register

Start Gardening
Once you have a plot, prepare and plant as soon as you can! Plots that don't get planted within two weeks of the garden's Opening Day can be re-assigned to someone on the waiting list. 

 Isthmus Gardens

• Reynolds
  634 East Mifflin Street, between Blount and Blair Streets.
  Reynolds Homestead Community Garden is a very small garden, with 26 plots that are 8x10 feet, and 1 wheelchair-accessible raised bed, and strict maintenance rules due to its nestled urban setting.
  The registrar is Kirsten Johnson at reynoldscommunitygarden@gmail.com or at 698-8380 (email preferred).

• Lapham Elementary
  1045 East Dayton Street.
  NOTE: Lapham Elementary is a school learning garden and will no longer be renting plots to individual community gardeners. Volunteers are welcome to participate in the garden and help the youth with planting, harvesting, and garden maintenance. Contact Jim Hansen  at 244-8369 or Ken Swift  at 204-4178 to volunteer.

Northside Gardens

• Troy (visit Troy on the web)
  North of 500 block of Troy Drive.
  This is a very big garden with 327 plots, including a no-till organic section. 
  The registrar is Christie Ralston at 240-0409.  Registration is on March 6, 2010 (usually the 1st Saturday in March), from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM at Lakeview Lutheran Church.

Southside Gardens

• All Saints
  2951 Chapel Valley Road (on the grounds of All Saints Lutheran Church).
  Contact All Saints Lutheran Church at 276-7729 to register.

• Arbor / McDivitt
  2509 McDivitt Road (on the grounds of Arbor Covenant Church).
  The registrar is Jim Stehley at 838-9849.

• Baird
  2200 block of Baird Street (next to CDA housing).
  The registrar is Joe Mathers at 246-4730 ext. 212.

• Burr Oaks
  Between Magnolia Circle and Hackberry Lane (behind Lincoln Elementary).
  The registrar is Brenda Frary at 628-6164

• Drumlin Garden
  2849 Oregon Rd.
  The registrar is Sandy

• Rimrock
  300 block of Englehart Drive, west of Artesian Lane.
  The registrar is Joe Mathers at 246-4730 ext. 212.

• Marlborough Park
  Marlborough Park Garden is just south of the beltline, between Seminole Highway and Allied Drive. The registrars are Nicole Craig (English) at  608-246-4730 x208  and  Pablo Granados (Spanish) at 213-2612.

• Moorland
  1133 Moorland Road (just east of Wayland Road, behind the Water Utility Building). The registrar is Larry Jacobson at 223-1365.
  Para la información en español puedes llamar a Alicia DeBarreno al 441-1086 antes 8 PM. ¡NO SE PUEDES LLAMAR DESPUÉS DE 8PM!
  Their registration will be Saturday, March 27, 2010 starting at 9 am at the Highland Manor Community Center.

• Quann (visit Quann on the web).
  Intersection of Bram and Koster Streets (behind Alliant Energy Center Coliseum, on south edge of Quann Park, where bike path meets Bram Street)...
  This is a big organic garden. The registrar is Cheryl Dewelt Robinson at 258-8398. We will be holding registration for Quann Community Garden at the Catholic Multi-Cultural Center on Beld Street on March 20th from 10:30-12:30.  Para información en español, llame al Oscar Rodriguez (255-0123) o Manuela Francavilla (251-0619)

• Southdale Community Garden
  New community garden for 2010! Located at 2609 Country Rose Court, the garden will have 22 plots of about 220 square feet, 6 accessible raised beds of 20 square feet each and 6 low raised beds for children of 16 square feet each. The registrar is Jon Mullee or 256-0057. Contact Jon or Gary Davis  for more information. Para la información en español puedes llamar a Nicole Craig (CAC) al 246-4730, ext. 208.

• Waunona
  5000 block of Raywood Road (in Waunona Park, next to tennis court).
  Registrars are Paula O’Neal (English) at 221-0207 and Renee Stellpflug (Spanish) at 442-0086.

• Atwood
  North of Atwood Avenue (along the Isthmus bike path).
  The registrar is Larry Weber at 241-0494. Registration is on March 20, 2010 at 9:00 AM at the Goodman Community Center, 149 Waubesa Street.

• East Main
  2000 through 2100 blocks of East Main Street (along railroad tracks).
  There is no coordination for this garden and gardeners don't have permission or a lease from the railroad, which owns the land. Neighbors across East Main Street have traditionally gardened the area across from their house, and non-neighbors who want garden space ask permission at houses across from garden sections that seem empty.

• Eastmorland
  3501 Hargrove Street (SE corner of Hargrove and Walter Streets).
  The registrar is Johna Roth at 663-0858.

• Monona United Methodist Church (Monona)
  606 Nichols Road in Monona. The registrar is Karelyn Hopkins at 577-3185.

• McCormick
  702 McCormick Avenue, where McCormick dead-ends into Aberg Avenue
  NEW community garden for 2010! The registrar is Kate Sandretto at 661-0386. Email is preferred.

• Reindahl
  1818 Portage Road (south edge of Reindahl Park).
  The registrar is Antonio Colas at 441-9149 (español y ingles).

• Saint Paul
  3000 through 3200 blocks of Saint Paul Avenue, off Milwaukee Street (along  railroad tracks).
  This is an organic garden. 
  The registrar is Andrea Nelson at 242-9808.

• Saint Stephens Community Garden
  5700 Pheasant Hill Road in Monona.
  The registrar is Molly Crossen at 225-6088.

• Truax
  Northwest of intersection of Straubel Street and Rowland Avenue.
  The registrars are Thao Lor (for Hmong and English) at 244-5877 and Nicole Craig (for English and Spanish) at 246-4730 x208.

• Bock Community Garden (Middleton)
  Located on Highland Way and Cedar Ridge Road in Middleton. This new garden has plots available.
  You may register with Abby Attoun at 827-1043.

• Eagle Heights (visit Eagle Heights on the web)
  West of intersection of Eagle Heights Drive and Lake Mendota Drive.
  You may register at the website, or pick up a form from either the Eagle Heights Community Center, or from the kiosk at the garden. 

• Hammersley
  Hammersley is a newly starting 20 plot garden in a small park next to Falk Elementary School at 6120 Hammersley Road. The registrar is Larry Luther at 271-8787 (call between 5:00pm and 8:30pm only).

• Gammon (visit Gammon on the web)
  110 North Gammon Road (on grounds of Church of the Living Christ Church).
  The registrar is Katie Place at 274-1227.  Registration is March 20, 2010 at 110 North Gammon Road.

• Meadowood
  Meadowood Garden is in a small park bordered by Balsam-Leland-Thrush Roads with 28 plots and regular youth programming.
  The registrar is Leslie Stephany at 288-8144

• Middleton Hills
  High Road and Apprentice Place (the garden is for residents of Middleton Hills)
  The registrar is Ron Biendseil at 712-6831.

• Midvale Elementary
  502 Caromar Drive- 26 plots.
  The registrar is Monica Jaehnig at 233-5193. For more information, click on this link: www.midvaleproject.net.

• Old Sauk
  East of 700 block of North Westfield Road, 150 feet south of Harvest Hill Road (on grounds of Madison Christian Community Church).
  The registrar is Barb Culver at 829-3061. A sign up/registration meeting will be held on Thursday, February 25 at 7pm in the lobby of Madison Christian Community (upper entrance) at 7118 Old Sauk Rd (east of Westfield Road on Old Sauk).

• Prairie Hills
  North of Raymond Rd. and east of Frisch Rd. in the Lucy-Lincoln Heistand Park
  The English-language registrar is Karen Deaton at 278-8480.
  The Hmong-language registrars are Bao Yang at 298-0998 and
  See Vang at 276-7803. 

• Sheboygan
  4800 block of Sheboygan Avenue (between Hill Farms State Office Building and Red Cross).
  The registrar is Rose M. Link at 232-9324.

• Shorewood Hills
  Off Shorewood Boulevard.
  This garden is open only to residents of that community. 
  The registrar is Peter Fisher at 263-4400.

• University Housing
  Northeast of Shady Lane and northwest of west edge of Bowdoin Road.
  You may register for this garden the same way you would for the Eagle Heights garden (top of this section).

   Other Dane County Gardens

• Cottage Grove
  A new community garden on the grounds of Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church at 229 North Main Street in Cottage Grove.  The registrar is Casey Meixelsperger at 963-5251. Cottage Grove’s registration is March 6, 2010 from 1:00 PM-2:00 PM at Flynn Hall, Cottage Grove.

• Fitchburg Fields (Fitchburg)
  This is a community-run garden, but does not offer individual plots for gardeners.  The garden work is performed by volunteers and the produce harvested is donated to local food pantries, primarily Allied Drive and St. Vincent De Paul, as well as for use in cooking and food preservation classes/workshops that Fitchburg Fields will offer.  More info at www.fitchburgfields.org  Contact: 608-223-9571 or FitchburgFields@gmail.com.

• Oregon
  103 N. Alpine Parkway (on grounds of Peoples United Methodist Church).
  The registrar is Barb Feeney at 843-2272.

• Stoughton
  Stoughton community garden, on the grounds of Stoughton United Methodist Church at 525 Lincoln Avenue, is hoping to expand in 2010. Contact Tom Lynch at 873-6746 for more information and to reserve a plot.

• Sun Prairie
  This organic garden is on Linnerud Drive between the library and the Aquatic center.  The registrar is Karen Bailey at 837-3874 (email: kmjb42@aol.com) or register through Sun Prairie Parks Recreation and Forestry at 2598 W. Main Street.