Children’s Garden Events

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Field Trips at the Children’s Garden

 A field trip to the Dig Local Network Children’s Garden at Jarboe Park in Neptune Beach offers students hands-on experiences in gardening and ecology. For example, there is a sensory garden where children can touch and taste various vegetables, smell the flowers, play Lady Bug tic-tac-toe or hopscotch, and then go back to class and journal their experiences. The Children’s Community Garden provides young people with an outdoor classroom to develop meaningful connections with the natural world.

Community Garden

Our Jarboe Park Community Garden plots are currently at capacity. Please complete the online application to be placed on a short waitlist. 

Our Dutton Island Community Garden has spots available. To apply, please complete the online application below.

Community gardens play a major role in our mission to provide access to good, nutritious food. They bring fresh produce directly to participants, allowing for educational opportunities in horticulture and food cultivation. They have the potential to unite communities and transform neighborhoods. Understanding why starting community gardens is one of our three primary methods for creating good food access doesn’t take much more.

The Network manages two community gardens:

• Dutton Island Garden | 96 Dutton Island Road, Atlantic Beach

  
  The garden in Dutton Island was the first project undertaken by Dig Local in August 2011 and established in January 2012. The property and project were done in partnership with Beaches Habitat for Humanity. We believe the garden will nurture community within the Donner area and set aside space for cultivating homegrown produce. More than just a few plots, The DIG Project will provide educational opportunities for participants and community members alike. The DIG Project aspires to be a refuge in an area with limited access to agricultural education, nutritious food, and outdoor activities.

• Beaches Organic Community Garden | Jarboe Park, Neptune Beach

  —Located in Jarboe Park in Neptune Beach, Beaches Community Garden is a place where individuals, families, and groups can rent plots for a small fee to grow organic vegetables, herbs, and other edibles. The garden also serves the community through educational programs and workshops, publications, demonstration native plant gardens, a children’s garden, and guided garden tours.

Apply to join a community garden today.

Contact us today to Rent our Gardens for your next event at info@diglocal.org

Here’s what you need to know to plan your visit:

• Every person is welcome.
• For Education classes, the fee is $20.00 and open to all, dawn to
  dusk, 365 days a year.
• For all other events, the fee is $50.00 and open to all, dawn to
  dusk, 365 days a year.
• Well-behaved dogs on leashes are allowable in some areas of the
  Garden. Children have the right of way.
• Planning a visit from out of town or bringing a group? Please
  let us know so we can communicate any critical updates and register your
  visit.