Berwyn Heights Community Garden
![Community Garden: Often planted on public or formerly abandoned land, community gardens are run by volunteers who cultivate vegetables or flowers and closer relationships to nature and one another. Generally open to all participants, they are sometimes fenced, locked or threatened by development. May offer hands-on learning and a habitat for birds and insects. Community Garden](https://www.opengreenmap.org/sites/default/files/taxonomy_image/category_pictures_77.gif)
![Organic/Local Food: Food grown close to where it is consumed, reducing shipping impacts and increasing freshness. Organic food is grown without pesticides (biocides), genetic modification or synthetic fertilizers. Minimally processed, with no chemicals or waxes added after harvesting. May include fair trade or direct trade practices. Organic/Local Food](https://www.opengreenmap.org/sites/default/files/taxonomy_image/category_pictures_3.gif)
Overview
Berwyn Heights Community Garden is in Prince George's County, Maryland. The community garden enhances the residents’ quality of life by encouraging community involvement and learning about sustainable living. Residents are able to rent plots to grow fresh organic vegetables and fruits, which reduces their food budgets, improves their health, and increases their self-reliance. In order to become a community member, one must be a resident in Berwyn Heights, fill out an application, and pay a fee of $30. Once a member, one is able to attend classes and training sessions conducted by master gardeners and share resources such as seeds, compost, and tools with fellow members. The garden is also a great place for all residents in the community to enjoy and interact through events such as potlucks.
Location:
Comments
Connections
-
- College Park
- Hyattsville
- Riverdale
- Greenbelt
- College Park
-
- Riverdale
- BaltimoreUnited States
- United States
- CardiffUnited Kingdom
- BaltimoreUnited States
- NYUnited States
- CardiffUnited Kingdom
- United Kingdom
- BuckeyeUnited States
- BrooklynUnited States
- New YorkUnited States
- United States
- San FranciscoUnited States
- Baltimore, MDUnited States
- BrooklynUnited States
- CardiffUnited Kingdom
- CardiffUnited Kingdom
- MonroeUnited States
- Sweden
- LincolnUnited States
- HammondUnited States
- CardiffUnited Kingdom
- CardiffUnited Kingdom
- New YorkUnited States
- CardiffUnited Kingdom
- 10009 NY
Multimedia
Impacts
No impacts have been left for this site yet - be the first!