how the ugp shows up for community garden organizations
What you'll find here
What you'll find here
What you'll find here
THE UGP exists to help community garden organizations not just survive, but thrive. Let's move from scarcity to abundance!
Everything we do is grounded in the 9 FACTORS TO THRIVE — the framework that emerged from years of working alongside community garden organizations worldwide.
🤝 CONNECTION
What you'll find here
What you'll find here
Find your people
The community garden movement is full of leaders solving the same problems in isolation. The UGP brings them together.
QUARTERLY FORUMS
Get to know peers, share what's working, and dig into what isn't.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
In partnership with GreenThumb GrowTogether in NYC
A private online platform to share tools, wins, templates, questions, photos, and real talk.
📚 LEARNING
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📚 LEARNING
Stay sharp + grow your practice
WORKSHOPS
Deep dives into the issues that matter most, led by peers and field experts.
TECHNICAL TRAININGS
Practical, skills-based sessions your team can put to work immediately.
Get to know luminaries in the community garden and urban agriculture movements.
🛠️ TOOLS
🧐 MENTORshIP
📚 LEARNING
Let's stop reinventing the wheel and focus on getting stronger
Across hundreds of garden organizations, the same back-office challenges come up again and again. The UGP builds a shared library of what works — so you don't have to start from scratch.
RESOURCE CLEARINGHOUSE
Standardized tools sourced from UGP members: land use agreements, water authority contracts, fundraising playbooks, bylaws templates, communications guides, and more.
🧐 MENTORshIP
🧐 MENTORshIP
🧐 MENTORshIP
Lean on people who've been there, done that
Sometimes you don't need a workshop. You need to work with someone who's already navigated what you're facing.
The UGP provides Interim Leadership, Mentorship and Executive Coaching.
📊 DATA
🧐 MENTORshIP
🧐 MENTORshIP
Help build the case for the movement
COMMUNITY GARDEN DATABASE
Help us get an accurate picture of the full scale and impact of community gardens worldwide by checking for accuracy and adding/correcting.
LITERATURE REVIEW
A living library of research documenting the benefits of community gardens — available to all members to strengthen funding applications, advocacy, and public communications.
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