This North Carolina Children, Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR) project uses community gardening to: empower communities to produce food for families, deliver hands-on nutrition education, create opportunities for youth to develop agri-related business skills, build leadership among community members, and provide engaging activities for family members of all ages to work together for a common purpose.

Briggs Avenue Community Garden

Durham County, North Carolina

Rent a Garden Plot

To rent a garden plot (two 4'x8' raised beds) at the Briggs Avenue Community Garden, please print, complete and mail/bring this Garden Plot Application form to the Durham County Cooperative Extension Office. 

Briggs Avenue Community Garden is a proud recipient of 
Green Relief's compost and a participant in the...

http://buy-compost.com/

 Videos from the Garden
 
 
Volunteers Welcome at Workdays
Please email a member of the garden leadership team prior to coming to a workday so that we know you plan to come! Thanks in advance for your invaluable time!




Community Asset Map


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Garden Leadership

Santos Flores
Community Garden Coordinator for Briggs Avenue Community Garden


Michelle Wallace
Consumer Horticulture Extension Agent in Durham, NC and a driving force behind the Briggs Avenue Community Garden and Demonstration Gardens

Briggs Avenue Garden Advisory Board
The committee members meet for 2 hours each month and provide wisdom and guidance to the larger Briggs Avenue Garden Project
  • Kat Causey - Durham Master Gardener Volunteer
  • Santos Flores - Briggs Community Garden Coordinator
  • John Goebel - Garden Plot Owner & DOST Rep
  • Laura Jones-Hodge - Garden Plot Owner
  • Elsa Liner - Durham Master Gardener Volunteer
  • Sally Parlier - Durham Technical Community College Rep
  • Lisa Poser - CYFAR Project Grant Coordinator, NC A&T Cooperative Extension Associate
  • Rosetta Radke - Durham Parks and Recreation Rep
  • Michelle Wallace - Horticulture Agent and Briggs Garden Project Leader
  • Former Members: Amy Etheridge

Links
A beautiful blog from a Briggs gardener

Durham Master Gardener Blog
(research-based gardening info for Durham, NC)

Durham County Cooperative Extension Office