Community Gardens

Community Gardens

East Side: 274 Carpenter Street - 2014
West Side: 281 Carpenter Street - 2013

These gardens developed from a neighborhood's desire to grow produce. CAG is located in a "food desert" with limited grocery options and virtually no access to fresh, organic produce. Most CAG members live in Tillman Cove or Red Oak Apartments, where no space exists to plant independently. In 2013, Community Garden Coordinator LaTonya Hunt harvested our first cucumber; the rest is history. 

Between 2013 - 2019 CAG hosted annual planting days for Binghampton community members, providing seeds, plants, soil, and water. It was the community's responsibility to tend to their box. While re-structuring programs during the pandemic, we turned all planting, harvesting, and plot development to our garden staff. This group of two adults and four teens see all produce production from seedlings to selling at our pop-up market. We have tripled our output since 2019.

This shift has allowed our team to plant and harvest 3x the amount of fresh, organic produce. Every Monday and Thursday afternoon (3:30 - 5:00 pm), our garden staff hosts a pop-up market in the mosaic sculpture garden. The organic, seasonal produce is sold at an affordable price with suggestions from our team on how to prepare at home. 

Our produce can currently be found in dishes at: Tsunami, Inspire Cafe, and Muddy’s Bake Shop. 

We are thankful to International paper for their continued support of our Community Gardens over the past several years.