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Plot It Fresh Community Garden Program

Love to garden but don’t have the space? 

Plant your own vegetable garden in one of the Plot-It-Fresh Community Gardens! 
  

2025 Season: 

Reimagining Plot-it-Fresh 

Sadly, at the end of 2024 we lost the Hawthorn Avenue Farm, and with it the over 200 community garden beds. To make up for this loss the Urban Agriculture team has partnered with local community gardens to create a new program that still allows community members to grow plants and produce of their own in Newark. This year in addition to our Smith st. Plot-it-Fresh site, we have partnered with Giving One Tenth, The Culture Spot, STEAM Urban/A Healing Sanctuary, Healthy Haven, and the Garden of Life; who will act as host sites for plot-it-fresh gardeners. 

Fill out your application here

Plots are limited. Only one will be assigned per household until all applications have been filled. 

Applications will be open from 8am April 1st thru 5pm April 15th. 

Garden Hours

Our community gardens are closed during the winter months. The Plot It Fresh season runs from May to November, weather permitting. 

Garden Locations

Smith Street 

144 Smith st.

  • Model: Assigned Beds 
  • Site Access: 7 days a week 

Giving One Tenth Community Garden 

715 S 20th st.

  • Model: Communal Gardening in exchange for weekly produce 
  • Site Access: 7 days a week 

Garden of Life  

909 S 18th St

  • Model: Assigned Beds 
  • Site Access: 7 days a week 

Healthy Havens – 18th Ave 

1068 18th Ave

  • Model: Assigned Beds 
  • Site Access: 7 days a week 

Healthy Havens – Norwood  

69 Norwood St

  • Model: Assigned Beds 
  • Site Access: 7 days a week 

STEAM Urban   

179 Broadway

  • Type: Communal Gardening in exchange for weekly produce  
  • Site Access: 7 days a week 

The Culture Spot 

239 Hawthorne Ave

  • Model: Assigned Beds 
  • Site Access: 7 days a week 

 

 

  • Bank of America
  • Prudential
    Prudential
  • Victoria Foundation
    Victoria Foundation
  • The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
    The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
  • The Healthcare Foundation of NJ
    The Healthcare Foundation of NJ
  • FMKirby
  • Whole Cities
    Whole Cities
  • ShopRite Newark
    ShopRite Newark
  • The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey
    The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey
  • Stone Foundation of New Jersey
  • Wakefern Food Corp
  • EY
    EY
  • Tito's
    Tito's
  • Bayer Fund
    Bayer Fund