Shockoe Community Garden

Learn how to grow your own food at the 2015 Urban Agriculture Series. This free event is held Saturdays at 11am at Blanton House, 700 Blanton Avenue. For more info or to RSVP, please e-mail [email protected]

Parks and Recreation: Urban Agriculture Series

Come give your input on the future of the 17th Street Farmers' Market at the community workshop meetings.

Good things are growing in the community garden at the 17th
Street Farmers' Market in historic Shockoe Bottom! A huge thank-you goes out to St. Paul's Episcopal Church for adopting the garden this fall. They were very busy here last weekend, and have planted a wonderful crop of fall veggies!

There's been a lot of interest from the community about this garden, and help is always welcome. Please contact Rev Melanie Mullen at St. Paul's (804-643-3589) for more info on volunteering at the Shockoe Community Garden.

Volunteer in the Shockoe Community Garden this Saturday, September 7 from 9am until 12pm. Sign up to help prepare the garden containers for a fall crop! Mission RVA is providing free plants and refreshments. You can just volunteer, or decide to adopt a bed as your very own.

Mission RVA - Building Community in Downtown Richmond Sign up to help us prepare the garden containers for a fall crop. We'll have free plants and refreshments. You can just volunteer, or decide to adopt a bed as your very own.

We're harvesting red leaf lettuce and Swiss chard with Richmond Grows Gardens today!

Three Sisters in effect at SCG. Beautiful day so far.

If you would like to support a cleaner environment, our parks and open spaces in the City of Richmond AND have a great time- volunteer with Enrichmond at the 2013 Bacon Festival! The best new festival to hit RVA this year is being held on June 9th in the historic 17th Street Farmers' Market from 12noon til 5pm. Head over to our good friends at HandsOn RVA http://tiny.cc/rzqyxw and sign up for a great time and a great cause.

2013 Bacon Festival After expressing interest, the volunteer leader / coordinator will contact you to confirm participation and provide directions for this opportunity.

The Shockoe Community Garden is coming along quite nicely at the 17th Street Farmers' Market in historic Shockoe Bottom! We've incorporated the three sisters planting method (corn, squash and beans grown in the same pot) in several of our new artistic containers. We're even trying our hand at some kiwi!

New rain cisterns were installed at Shockoe Community Garden today! Water collected in these 300 gallon containers will be pumped by bike power!

Creating public spaces!

It's a very exciting day in Shockoe Bottom as we prepare to relocate the community garden at the 17th Street Farmers' Market. Join us on Saturday April 20th from 11am-5pm for 20th Earth Day Richmond at the 17th Street Farmers' Market, and help create and plant this beautiful new garden for Earth Day!