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. 

Northside Gardens

• Troy (visit Troy on the web)
  North of 500 block of Troy Drive.
  This is a very big garden with 280 plots, including a no-till organic section. 
  The registrar is Christie Ralston at 240-0409. 

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 Yee Ythao at 770-1073.

• Drumlin Garden
  2849 Oregon Rd.
  The registrar is Sandy at 271-4839 (he speaks Spanish).

• 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 Ben Sommers  (English)  at 246-4730 ext. 208 and  Pablo Granados (Spanish) at 213-2612.

• Moorland
  1133 Moorland Road (just east of Wayland Road, behind the Water Utility Building). The registrar is Lisa Gross at 446-3416.
  Para la información en español puedes llamar a Alicia DeBarreno al 441-1086 antes 8 PM. ¡NO SE PUEDES LLAMAR DESPUÉS DE 8PM!

• 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 Robinson at 258-8398.

• 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.

Eastside Gardens

• Atwood
  North of Atwood Avenue (along the isthmus bike path).
  The registrar is Larry Weber at 241-0494.

• East High School
  The school rents extra garden plots east of Stoughton Road. 
  The registrar is Mary Klecker at 204-1714.

• 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.

• Reindahl
  1818 Portage Road (south edge of Reindahl Park).
  The registrar is Virginia Oliver at 249-4652.

• 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 registrar is Regina at the East Madison Community Center at 249-0861.

• 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.  

• 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.

• Middleton Hills
  High Road and Apprentice Place (the garden is for residents of Middleton Hills)
  The registrar is Ron Biendseil at 836-1920.

• Midvale Elementary
  502 Caromar Drive 
  The registrar is Nancy Letcher at 233-9120. 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 Gray Williams at 233-4731.

• 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. 

• Sheboygann (visit Sheboygan on the web)
  4800 block of Sheboygan Avenue (between Hill Farms State Office Building and Red Cross).
  The registrar is Matthew Reames at 250-1767.

• Shorewood Hills
  Off Shorewood Boulevard.
  This garden is open only to residents of that community. 
  The registrar is Terence Gilles at 267-2680.

• Tamarack Trails
  Southwest of intersection of Tree Lane and Westfield Road.
  This garden gives priority to Tamarack Trails residents but others can get plots as space allows first-come, first-serve.
  Registrar is Suzanne Burpee at 829-1841.

• 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).