Planning a Successful School & Community Garden Program Summer 2026

Examples of Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) Community Garden Projects (some have links to their applications and handbooks which are good models to follow):

• CCE Nassau (Long Island): Community Gardens at EMF
• CCE Tompkins (Ithaca area)
• CCE Rockland (Hudson Valley): a few of these are projects I helped start up 
• CCE Suffolk (Long Island): excellent resources!

American Community Garden Association

New York State Seed to Supper - A teaching program and curriculum for beginner gardeners facilitated through NYS Cooperative Extension offices

Ithaca Community Garden - A good example of a large community garden with established rules and gardener agreements

North Carolina Sate University: Research & Benefits of Community Gardens