Compostables make up 34% of the materials that go into landfills. Learn the why, what and how of home composting. Attend a free workshop and start diverting kitchen scraps and yard waste while producing a nutrient rich soil amendment. Composting ..read more

Look for Chef Gaby’s Specials for a Cause the next time you’re at Nourish Cafe & Market and order these nutritious meals to support the Community Garden Coalition this summer! Summer in Santorini Bowl: Escape to sun-drenched Santorini with each bite! Creamy sweet potato hummus,refreshing herbed cucumbers, and tender beef souvlaki meatballs bathed in roasted red pepper butter create a harmonious symphony of flavors. Topped with crumbly feta and delicate sunflower microgreens, this bowl is a taste of Greek paradise, leaving you feeling refreshed and ready for summer adventures. (Mostly loca ..read more

April 27th was a great day for two of the gardens that operate under the Community Garden Coalition (CGC) umbrella! ForColumbia, a volunteer service group organized by several of Mid-Missouri’s Christian churches under the leadership of Shelly Mayer (The Crossing), showed up in big numbers at the Windsor Street Montessori School and Unite4Health Community Garden to get things done!  Windsor Street Montessori needed the grounds cleaned up and made more child-friendly, while Unite4Health, a city-owned garden, desperately needed deer fencing. The deer fencing materials were purchased with gr ..read more

Come raise a pint in support of the Community Garden Coalition! On Friday, April 12 from 5-7pm join Alpine Shop (1102 E. Broadway) for an Al-Pint Fundraiser Night. A donation of $10 will get you a novelty pint cup and two complimentary pours of local beer. All profits go directly to support the Community Garden Coalition and their mission to feed and flower our Columbia community. Thanks so much to Alpine Shop for their support! We hope to see you there ..read more

As we mark the end of another gardening season, many of us are pausing to give thanks and celebrate seasonal bounty. As a community gardener, I am grateful for the continued generosity of the landowner of my garden, my garden leader who shares so much of her time to keep the garden running, and my fellow gardeners who help keep it maintained through the season. And I’m grateful that the Community Garden Coalition organization has backed my garden with supplies, insurance, water, compost, straw and other support. As a longtime CGC board member, I want to express my thanks more broadly to my fel ..read more

Don’t forget about the free Garlic Growing Workshop planned for Monday, August 28! Veteran community garden garlic grower and MU Extension specialist Dhruba Dhakal will have lots of tips for planting, harvest and storage. As you think about your fall garden and the end of the season, planting some garlic makes great use of a portion of your garden plot over the winter! Garlic Production Workshop Monday, August 28 6 p.m. Columbia Public Library, Friends Room 100 W. Broadway, Columbia, MO 65201 Register Here! This workshop is part of our celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Community Gard ..read more

As of our mission to help community gardeners, this year we’ve been focusing on educational opportunities. We’ve offered several workshops with other partners as part of our 40th anniversary celebrations. We also want to let you know about the following free or low-cost classes offered by University Extension presenters to help you deal with drought in your garden, learn how to store your harvest and improve your compost pile. Check out the following offerings and follow the links to register. Another composting workshop is being planned in early August at our Unite4Health garden, so stay tune ..read more

We’re so excited to be co-sponsoring a gardener education workshop this month with the Columbia Public Library! Clear your calendar for Saturday, June 24 and see the details below. No need to register and all gardeners and community members are welcome, teens and adults! Garden Pests and Pollinators: How to Manage for Both in Your Home and Community Garden Saturday, June 24 at 2-3:30 p.m. Columbia Public Library, Friends Room, 100 W. Broadway Mid-Missouri gardeners are bedeviled by all kinds of pests, from tomato hornworms to Japanese beetles, throughout the growing season. The ongoing challe ..read more

The next event in our 40th anniversary workshop series is brought to us by MU Extension and taking place at the Columbia Public Library. Soil and Nutrient Management in the Garden Monday, May 1 at 6 p.m. Columbia Public Library, 100 W. Broadway Please register with MU Extension This program provides education to the local gardeners about soil and nutrient management in their gardens. The speaker will talk about function and composition of soil, and soil organic matter. The standard procedure for soil sampling will be discussed in the meeting. There will be discussion about essential plant nut ..read more

AmeriCorps volunteers helped us get two gardens back in shape! As I mentioned in a previous post, the City recently asked us to re-establish the Britt/Hall community garden by Fire Station 8. That’s a big request because normally that sort of garden work would be done by the gardeners themselves — who, in this case, weren’t an existing group yet. However, board members, Lindsey Smith and Cheryl Jensen were not deterred, and not only stepped up to organize the work but found a wonderful crew of volunteers from AmeriCorps to come in and get this garden ready for spring planting! It wasn’t the wa ..read more