Farms and Gardens
The Rec and Park Department supports and manages a program of 42 community gardens (and growing!) on City-owned property, where members can grow produce and ornamental plants for personal use. Gardens range in size from a few hundred square feet to thousands of square feet; some offer individual plots while others have shared plots. Some gardens also offer demonstration gardening or other instructional programming.
The Community Gardens Program is a substantial component of the new citywide Urban Agriculture Program . Each garden is operated by a group of committed volunteers, and membership fees are often self-imposed to cover common expenses.
Thank you for your interest in becoming a volunteer community gardener in San Francisco. Happy gardening!
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Adam Rogers Community Garden
Hunters Point youth grow squash, carrots, eggplant, bell peppers, sweet peas, mustard greens, bok choy, collards and all kinds of fruit at this neighborhood garden
Alemany Farm
The largest urban farm in San Francisco, Alemany Farm offers everyone the chance to learn where their food comes from, pitch in to help, and take home fresh produce for free!
Alioto Community Garden
A tiny piece of heaven in the Inner Mission, where gardeners cultivate plants and appreciate the roles that plants, sun, soils and pollinators have in their lives
Arkansas Friendship Garden
This small, 16-plot garden shares a fence with Connecticut Friendship garden - hence the “friendship” in the name of the garden
Arlington Community Garden
This is charming garden is located along the Bernal Cut near Glen Park and features 21 garden plots and a wide array of plants, veggies and herbs
Bernal Heights Community Garden
Bernal Heights Community Garden is located at the top of Bernal Hill with beautiful views overlooking the Bernal Heights neighborhood
Brooks Park Community Garden
Brooks Park is a passionate mix of gardening, community, art and beautiful views. The view from the top of its hill is particularly spectacular.
Clipper Terrace Community Garden
Featuring some of the best views of downtown SF, this garden includes 58 plots and common areas that include blackberries, raspberries, fruit trees, herbs and ornamentals
Connecticut Friendship Garden
This garden features vegetables, fruits, flowers and a collection of bee hives that produce excellent ‘Top of the Hill’ honey
Corona Heights Community Garden
Corona Heights Community Garden is a small jewel nestled above the Castro neighborhood with expansive views of downtown San Francisco and the Bay
Corwin Street Community Garden
Unlike the majority of our community gardens, this one focuses on food for our local pollinators and wildlife, growing primarily native plants for habitat restoration
Crags Court Garden
The summers in Crags Court are cool, foggy and often windy; despite this, we are able to grow veggies like celery, broccoli, peas, potatoes, onions, pumpkins and more
Dogpatch/Miller Memorial Garden
This garden is enjoyed not only by the dedicated community garden families, but also by the many neighbors who pass through while exercising or walking their dogs
Geneva Community Garden
This garden serves as an educational tool for neighborhood kids, who learn that food is grown instead of bought in a package from the grocery store
Golden Gate Park CommUNITY Garden
This garden features a vertical garden, a living wall that spans 100 lineal feet on the north perimeter of the site, comprised of edible plants, herbs and edible flowers
GGP Senior Center Garden
Gardening can be part of an active, healthy lifestyle for our seniors, who gather at this neighborhood center to hone their green thumbs
Good Prospect Community Garden
“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” – Audrey Hepburn… Gardeners at this charming site devote their time, energy, and patience to everything they grow here
Howard/Langton Mini Park Garden
Howard/Langton Mini Park Garden is one of 42 community gardens in the city; stop by this charming garden today and see what’s growing in our backyard.
In Chan Kaajal Community Garden
Local parents agree that gardens like this serve to teach children from a young age to take care of nature and understand the importance of preserving green spaces
Jackson Community Garden
This garden is one of 42 gardens where members can grow produce and ornamental plants for personal use. Some gardens also offer demonstrations or other programming.
Kid Power Park Garden
This garden is one of 42 gardens where members can grow produce and ornamental plants for personal use. Some gardens offer demonstrations or other programming
Koshland Park Community Garden
This garden catalyzes an effort to make the neighborhood safer, more beautiful and nourishing, as well as demonstrates the many benefits of urban gardening
La Grande Community Garden
This garden is a hidden gem in Crocker-Amazon Park. The gardeners here grown an incredible variety of culturally appropriate and locally rare fruits and vegetables.
Lessing/Sears Mini Park Garden
This garden is one of 42 gardens where members can grow produce and ornamental plants for personal use. Some gardens also offer demonstration or other programming.
Maria Manetti Shrem Community Garden
The new Maria Manetti Shrem Community Garden at Francisco Park is under construction
McLaren Park Community Garden
This garden includes communal planter beds for herbs and trailing vegetables, sheltered gathering spaces for groups, and ornamental gates and fencing
Michelangelo Community Garden
This garden is one of 42 gardens where members can grow produce and ornamental plants for personal use. Some gardens offer demonstrations or other programming.
Minnie & Lovie Community Garden
This garden is one of 42 gardens where members can grow produce and ornamental plants for personal use. Some gardens offer demonstrations or other programming.
Nob Hill/Hooker Alley Garden
This tiny sliver of a garden is an abundant oasis in the middle of downtown SF and features 13 plots for gardeners and one for local students
Noe/Beaver Community Garden
This garden is located in a corner pocket park in the busy Duboce Triangle neighborhood, a great central spot for the garden members to gather with their neighbors
Ogden Terrace Community Garden
A lush hillside oasis in sunny Bernal Heights, this garden features 32 plots, including one ADA plot, and is open to the public every first Saturday of the month
Page Street Community Garden
Stop by and see this garden’s special espaliered fruit trees that were planted to save space and accommodate more fruit trees in this small garden
Page/Laguna Community Garden
This garden is one of 42 gardens where members can grow produce and ornamental plants for personal use. Gardens offer demonstrations or other programming
Palega Community Garden
Palega Community Garden, built in 2014 as part of the park’s $21 million makeover, is located in the garden district of The City and features 15 garden plots
Park Street Garden
This garden is one of 42 gardens where members can grow produce and ornamental plants for personal use. Some gardens offer demonstrations or other programming.
Potrero del Sol Garden
This park features a wide array of activities: a skateboard bowl, playground, lawn space and the community garden, one of the oldest and largest community gardens in the city.
Potrero Hill Community Garden
Local kids and families love to visit our happy healthy hens! This garden features 51 plots and common areas maintained by local residents using only organic methods
Treat Commons Community Garden
This garden has a diverse orchard which garden members love to tend. It was planted just a few years ago and its fruit is shared amongst garden and community members
Victoria Manalo Draves Garden
An oasis within the SoMa neighborhood– Sunlight illuminates the crimson and rich green leaves of a rhubarb plant, growing next to cabbage and other greens
Vis Valley Greenway Agriculture Lot
The Agriculture Garden was established as a site for gardening education, and is a laboratory for finding what grows best in our neighborhood’s microclimate.
Vis Valley Community Garden
The Visitacion Valley Greenway Project was created to provide education to the community about natural sciences, nutrition, horticulture, environmental issues and advocacy
White Crane Springs Garden
This garden embodies the truest sense of “natural” gardening - organic practices, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and sustainability projects
Don’t see the garden you’re looking for? It might not be managed by Recreation and Parks. Other city agencies and non-profit organizations also manage community gardens, including Public Works, Presidio, the Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), the Port Authority, and the Parks Alliance.