Community & Teaching Gardens

The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation; Nation-wide. For community groups, schools, cities, nonprofits & more. This organization has helped plant fruit trees in Upper CA community locations through their innovative programs. www.ftpf.org. (831) 621-8096.

Butte County

Chapman Neighborhood Community Garden; Chico. A great example of community in action. www.cchaos.org.

GRUB (Growing Resourcefully Uniting Bellies); Chico. Community vegetable & educational gardens for preschoolers, youth & adults in the Chico area. www.grubchico.org. (530) 354-1646.

Shasta County

ACCA Community Garden; Anderson. Community garden plots, free membership. 25% of food grown goes to the ACCA Food Bank. St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 3001 Rupert Rd. (at entrance to Anderson River Park). (530) 365-4220.

People of Progress Community Gardens; Redding. 100 plots in two community gardens: Enterprise Park, aprox 1.25 acres, & the Matson, Mowder, & Howe Diestlehorst Garden on N. Court St., 1 acre. www.peopleofprogress.org. (530) 243-3811.

Siskiyou County

Mt. Shasta Community Garden. 1/3 acre garden with 31 plots. (530) 918-9518.

Garden Share; Mt. Shasta. Participants work together in a community garden & share produce. Extra produce donated to local food bank. 522 Alma St. (530) 739-3153.

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North State Parent is a free monthly publication that circulates within 3½ California counties: Butte, Shasta, Southern Siskiyou and Tehama. Our pages are filled with family-orientated places to go and things to do; a focus on parenting, community, education, teens, youth, and much more.

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