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

Click here for a Garden Plot Application

 
 


Community Asset Map

View Briggs Community Garden in a larger map

Santos Flores
Community Garden Coordinator for Briggs Avenue Community Garden in Durham, NC.
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
  • Amy Etheridge - 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


Free Gardening Classes

For information about FREE Extension Gardener Seminars, click here and search through the Durham Extension's list of events for free classes on Permaculture, Cool Perennials, Edible Flowers and more!
Registration required.
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