Grow Local Colorado

Description

GLC was established in 2009 by community activists who felt that loneliness, the lack of food equity and lack of awareness to the care of the earth was widespread. What began as one garden operated by a group of 20 volunteers in central Denver, has now grown to 20 sites. These gardens exist in city parks, outside of food pantries, private residences and addiction recovery facilities. All of our food is donated to a recipient close to the garden, often within 2 miles. Each year we share seedlings and seeds in a few spring events. We share our produce with over 21 partners and in 2023 we grew just under 9,700 pounds. Through our fruit gleaning initiative we collected 8,700 pounds of fresh fruit. We're also a member of Grow Food Feed People coalition which consists of 15 partners who are food educators, urban food growers or food relief organizations. Each year this coalition collectively shares (for free) tens of thousands of seedlings and seeds. Our goal is to create a web of support and access to empower our communities. Join us in the garden!