Food Grows Here campaign by Kansas City Community Gardens featuring the message "The System Wasn't Built to Feed Us. So We Built Our Own." Kansas City is home to the country's largest network of community gardens and orchards, helping neighbors grow food, strengthen communities, and improve food access through gardening, education, and volunteer opportunities.
Kansas City Community Gardens community impact showing 2.3 million pounds of food grown annually by Kansas City gardeners through a network of 330 community gardens, 257 Giving Grove orchards, 241 schoolyard gardens, and more than 3,400 household gardens. KCCG connects residents with gardens, gardening resources, workshops, and fresh local food across the Kansas City region. Kansas City Community Gardens offers community gardens, gardening classes, workshops, volunteer opportunities, and resources to help anyone grow food.
Kansas City Community Gardens volunteers and neighborhood gardeners building raised garden beds together. The Food Grows Here campaign welcomes everyone to grow food regardless of experience, land, or income by providing gardening education, volunteer opportunities, community gardens, and connections to fresh local food in Kansas City.