Historic Westside Gardens is a nonprofit that has worked on Atlanta's Westside since 2010. It runs five green spaces where people can learn about growing food and healthy living. Its work includes Home Food Gardens, and people can volunteer in community gardens.
The Atlanta ToolBank lends tools and equipment to nonprofits, schools, and other service groups for a small weekly fee. It also runs tool classes and youth tool programs, and it rents out event space at its building in southeast Atlanta.
This is the Fulton County office of UGA Extension. Agents answer questions about gardening, plants, soil and water, and they help test soil, water and plant samples. The office also runs 4-H programs for young people and a Master Gardener volunteer program.
Metro Atlanta Urban Farm is a certified naturally grown farm in College Park. It teaches farming and gardening skills to youth, adults, and seniors, and sells food straight from the farm. Visitors and volunteers are welcome to stop by.
This is the DeKalb County office of UGA Extension. It gives research-based help with gardening, soil and water testing, plant and insect problems, and 4-H youth programs. You can call or visit the office in Decatur on weekdays.
REDEEMED Outreach is a West End nonprofit that has worked in the neighborhood since 1994. It runs a housing program for single working women, plus community gardens, job training in farming, a farmers market and neighborhood watch work. People can also volunteer, including those who need court-ordered community service hours.
Everybody Eats Together is a faith-based group in Ashview Heights that works to bring food and ownership to the neighborhood. People who need food can take its survey to ask for free pantry pick-up or delivery. It also has garden volunteer days, Sunday community meals, and a pay-what-you-can grocery cart, and it is working toward a community-owned grocery store.
West End Community Urban Garden & Nursery, also called The Garden Queen, is a garden in East Point led by Haylene Green. It teaches people how to grow, cook and eat healthy food. Neighbors can volunteer in the garden and come to cooking classes and garden events.
West End Community Garden is an organic urban garden led by Haylene Green, known as The Garden Queen. It teaches people how to grow, prepare and eat healthy food. It offers classes, garden events, consultations and volunteer days, plus a new program that brings seniors and youth together.
AgroMajic describes itself as an urban neighborhood farm in Atlanta that grows vegetables, herbs and fruit for a weekly produce box (a community supported agriculture, or CSA, subscription) in the Pendergrast Farm community. Members pay ahead for a season and pick up a box of just-picked produce each week, and the farm also invites volunteers. Its website is currently expired, so call or check its social pages to confirm it is still running.
Enough to Share is a volunteer-run food pantry. It gives out groceries on the first and third Wednesday of each month. It also holds Saturday pantry days on selected dates, with deliveries for people who are sick or shut in, and it offers ways for adults and youth to volunteer.
75 acre organic urban farm in Atlanta, run by Jamila Norman, who is known as Farmer J. It grows vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers and sells them at Saturday farmers markets. The farm also holds paid seasonal gatherings and welcomes volunteers.
The Grove CDC is the community development group of Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church on Glenwood Avenue in Atlanta. Its Love Center Food Pantry gives free groceries to people in need. The group also runs a farm and offers senior housing, emergency help, and referrals to other services.
Unearthing Farm & Market is a nonprofit urban farm in the Kirkwood neighborhood that grows produce and flowers and hosts a community market. The market is pay-what-you-can, accepts and doubles SNAP/EBT, and no one is turned away for lack of money. The farm also has a farm fridge with produce, youth internships and volunteer chances.
Summerhill Neighborhood Development Corporation is a neighborhood nonprofit that has worked in Summerhill for more than thirty years. It runs a food pantry on Wednesdays, sewing classes for kids, a computer lab, and a community garden where neighbors can sign up for a plot.
This is the Fulton County office of UGA Extension. It teaches about gardening, farming, plants, soil, water, and 4-H youth clubs, camps, and events. It has a 4-H office at the Atlanta History Center, and its main offices are in East Point, College Park, and North Atlanta.
Columbia Drive United Methodist Church is a church in Decatur that holds Sunday worship and Bible study. Its Earthkeeper's Garden Ministry grows fresh produce for the community food pantry. The pantry gives out food by drive-through on Thursdays.
Atlanta Harvest is a family-owned working farm and farm stand, started in 2013, that grows food naturally and sells fresh produce, eggs and pantry items to everyone. It has moved to a farm in Ellenwood, where you can shop, sign up for a weekly farm box, and volunteer to learn gardening skills. The farm says it wants to improve access to locally grown food and offer dignifying work in the community.
City Fresh Gardens is a gardening business in College Park led by a Georgia certified master gardener. It sells plants, gives home garden advice, designs and installs landscapes, takes care of lawns and gardens, and teaches classes on growing plants and food. Visits are by appointment, and prices are paid.
Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture runs urban farms on Atlanta's Westside that grow fresh, naturally grown food. They sell produce through a weekly CSA produce-box program and a monthly farmers market, and they teach people how to grow their own food through classes, training, and farm tours.
