Get Involved
Common Earth Gardens relies on community support from people like you! Learn more about how you can join us through volunteering, donating, buying produce, or partnering with us for land access.
Buy Produce and Support a Farmer:
The most direct way to support participants in Common Earth Gardens is to buy their produce! To meet the farmers who are participating in our Incubator Farm Business Training Program and to discover how to buy their products, click here!
There are a variety of volunteer opportunities available through Common Earth Gardens. From visiting a farmer at their farmers market, to weeding the demonstration plot, to building a wash station at the farm, there are opportunities for everyone!
We welcome individual volunteers and volunteer groups. To sign up and learn about specific volunteer opportunities with Common Earth Gardens, click here.
Roselle grown at St. Ignatius Organic Community Garden
Our work wouldn’t be possible without the support of our community and people like you. We welcome monetary and in-kind donations!
In-Kind Donations:
We support farmers and gardeners in establishing and maintaining sustainable agriculture sites.
If you have new or lightly used supplies, tools, and materials, let us know and we can coordinate with you to get your donation to farms and community agriculture sites in our region. Below is our current list of needs:
- 6-8 foot folding tables
- Sturdy pop-up tents
- Garden hoses
- Wheel barrows
- Grub hoes
- Shovels
- Rakes
- T-posts
Contact our in-kind coordinator, Emily Willis, for details about donations needed this season! ewillis@archlou.org • 502.637.9786
Fundraising Drives:
Are you and your community looking for a program to support through your fundraiser? We would love to share more about our program with you and partner to build a more equitable food and agriculture system in our city.
Contact our director, Jane Evans, for more information about how your community can support and connect with farmers and gardeners in Louisville. jevans@archlou.org • (502) 873-2566 X 154.
Monetary Donations:
Your support will make it possible for us to collaborate with the diverse and multicultural community of Kentucky to increase land access to grow food, develop new farm businesses, and build healthy community networks.
To make a monetary donation, click here and select Common Earth Gardens from the drop-down menu under the Where to donate section.
Do you have land available for agricultural use?
Garden trellises at St. Ignatius Organic Community Garden
The most common request we receive from farmers and gardeners is for more land! Many people who moved to Louisville through the refugee resettlement program were professional farmers in their home countries and had been cultivating acres of farmland for their families and for markets. As farmers move to Louisville, they often find themselves living in apartment complexes or houses with little to no space to grow food.
Are you interested in learning more about how to connect with a farmer or group of gardeners to utilize your land? Contact our director today!
Jane Evans, Common Earth Gardens Director
jevans@archlou.org
(502) 873-2566 X 154