Strengthening our region's culture of backyard gardening.
Our Mission
A Garden In Every Lot is all about supporting our community’s culture of backyard gardening. We do this by helping both individual community members and community organizations overcome barriers to starting a garden. We accomplish this by offering garden site assessment & preparation, tilling, seeds, plant starts, mulch, and by helping community members negotiate with local landlords and governmental bodies. In concert with our community partners we help coordinate gardening focused educational programs and community-building events.
Are you or your organization interested in starting a garden?
Our team can make that happen
We are a team of dedicated AmeriCorps members and UNI staff.
A Garden In Every Lot is a project overseen and supported by UNI's Center for Energy & Environmental Education.
3 Pillars
Food Production
Grow our communities' strength, knowledge, and interest in community food production.
Food Security
Increase access to fresh, healthy vegetables for all, including our most vulnerable populations wishing to have a garden of their own.
Food Education
Create educational culture around gardens, healthy nutrition, food & community empowerment.
Black Hawk County Health Department
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Black Hawk County
Black Hawk County Veteran Affairs
Eastside Ministerial Alliance
Northeast Iowa Food Bank
City of Waterloo
City of Cedar Falls
Northeast Iowa Area Agency for Aging