###### Do you run a garden or farm and want compost? ##### Closing the Loop ### Supporting local food systems. ###### With our [Garden Partners](https://www.compostnow.org/garden-partners) program, members have the option to share their earned compost with local farms and gardens, who create equitable access to healthy food in our communities. ### Find your local garden. [Asheville](https://www.compostnow.org/garden-partners#tab-asheville) [Atlanta](https://www.compostnow.org/garden-partners#tab-atlanta) [Triangle](https://www.compostnow.org/garden-partners#tab-triangle) **The Aflorar Herb Collective** is a collective of folk herbalists, herbal enthusiasts, artists, gardeners, and community organizers working to relearn and remember our traditional ways through herbs, connection to the land, and healing through Chicanx, Latinx, Black and Indigenous traditional practices and values. We are working together using nature's tools to guide us on a journey to restore, remember, and reconnect to our shared healing, knowledge, and freedom to liberate our communities. In this political climate- climate catastrophe, pandemics, racial uprisings, and immigration raids our communities need medicine that reconnects us to the earth, who we are, and where we come from. Aflorar supports communities through herbal community care kit distribution, mutual aid hub (in Asheville, NC), growers network, medicine making, seed saving, and herb plant start giveaway every spring. In addition to providing healing accompaniment for trauma related to protests, raids, and discrimination, Aflorar partner’s with national and local organizations, clinical herbalists, and farmers to get the goods we need to serve our mission. 74 members are supporting this garden with their compost* Asheville Community Movement Garden The **Asheville Community Movement** is a family-owned and operated business dedicated to providing a fun, enriching, and nurturing environment for children and teens. They wish to create an ideal atmosphere for athletes to challenge themselves, and a comfortable setting for children to stay while their parents work. The Asheville Community Movement loves the energy that is so abundant in children and hopes to provide a community where they feel at home and can develop the physical and internal strength that contributes to the development of confident, competent people. 65 members are supporting this garden with their compost* Bountiful Cities The Asheville Buncombe Community Garden Network is coordinated by Asheville based nonprofit, **Bountiful Cities**, connecting almost 40 gardens. Bountiful Cities is able to coordinate shared workdays, a tool library, seed library, volunteer recruitment, potlucks, and shared resources - like COMPOST! Bountiful Cities is also able to provide free workshops to community gardeners on all kinds of related topics like seed starting, and mushroom log inoculation. The goal of the network is to strengthen neighborhood-powered food initiatives through collaboration. 77 members are supporting this garden with their compost* Our Buncombe County School Garden Partners currently include **[Evergreen Community Charter School](https://www.evergreenccs.org/#evergreen), [The Growing Wild Forest School](https://www.growingwildforestschool.org/), [Claxton Elementary School](https://claxton.ashevillecityschools.net/),** and **[Issac Dickson Elementary School](http://dickson.ashevillecityschools.net/pages/Isaac_Dickson_Elementary/School_Info/Programs/Garden)**. When you share your earned compost with Buncombe County Schools, these participating schools can request compost delivery to be used in their school gardens to grow healthy food and educate students about the importance of healthy soil! 77 members are supporting this garden with their compost* Eliada’s Campus Farm program provides food and educational opportunities for its 400 students and residents 365 days a year. The farm currently consists of three growing facilities: a geodesic Grow Dome, a hoop house, and a learning garden. They use a geodesic dome for year-round growing using hydroponics, soil beds, and aquaponics. Their 3-season hoop house is off-grid and utilizes 70 ft long raised beds for things like tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, lettuce, and other salad items. Their Learning Garden is 1/4 acre and utilizes a deep mulch compost system and no-till practices to, without the use of chemicals, grow larger quantities of things like beans, potatoes, onions, squash, melons, salad greens, and tea herbs. This spring they're putting in a berry patch with strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries. The Campus farm program is fully grant and donor funded. 69 members are supporting this garden with their compost* The **[Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church Community Garden](http://www.gcpcusa.org/)** began in 2010 and is a three-season garden, tended spring through fall. The garden has been tended by vested volunteer gardeners from Grace Covenant Church and from the community. Their mission is to donate 75% of the vegetables produced to community organizations that serve our neighbors unable to afford fresh vegetables. 73 members are supporting this garden with their compost* At **[Lighthouse](https://www.lighthouse.house/)**, their mission is to provide safe and supportive homes for individuals seeking both stable housing and a place to heal. 66 members are supporting this garden with their compost* The **[Rhoades Property Garden](https://sec.unca.edu/roots)** serves as a space for UNCA students and faculty and Asheville community members to learn and participate in sustainable agriculture practices. 66 members are supporting this garden with their compost* The Shiloh community is rooted in African American settlements dating back to the 19th century. 82 members are supporting this garden with their compost* **[Southside Community Garden](https://www.facebook.com/southsidegarden/)** is located in the Southside Community, a historic African-American neighborhood and supported by volunteers and community members dedicated to growing food and community involvement. 85 members are supporting this garden with their compost* The **[AgrowKulture Urban Farm](https://www.agrowkulture.com/)** is dedicated to combating food deserts and fostering entrepreneurship. 404 members are supporting this garden with their compost* **[A Sip of Paradise Garden](https://asipofparadisegarden.org/)**'s mission is to provide a healthy and safe garden space for bartenders to recharge their creativity, their minds, and themselves. 398 members are supporting this garden with their compost* The **[Cabbagetown Community Garden](https://cabbagetown.com/garden)** houses 32 raised garden beds and two thriving beehives. 409 members are supporting this garden with their compost* **[Chattahoochee Queen](http://chattahoocheequeen.com/)** is a specialty cut flower business located in Atlanta, Georgia. 395 members are supporting this garden with their compost* The mission of **[Community Farmers Markets](https://cfmatl.org/)** is to develop a local food infrastructure for long term sustainability and meaningful community impact. 401 members are supporting this garden with their compost* **[Community Foodscapes](https://communityfoodscapes.org/)** is a social venture working in Atlanta, Georgia to empower individuals, organizations, and communities to grow food where they live, work, and play. 393 members are supporting this garden with their compost* **[Crack in the Sidewalk Farmlet](https://www.instagram.com/crack_in_the_sidewalk_farmlet/)** is a multidisciplinary urban farm and homestead community based in the Lakewood neighborhood of South Atlanta. 397 members are supporting this garden with their compost* Our DeKalb County School Garden Partners currently include **[Clarkston High School](http://www.rescue.org/atlanta), [Primavera Preschool](https://www.primaverapreschoolatl.com/), [The Paideia School](https://www.paideiaschool.org/),** and many others. 428 members are supporting this garden with their compost* **[Ecosystem Farm](http://www.ecosystemfarm.com/)** grows nutrient-dense foods without any pesticides, herbicides, fungicides or fertilizers. 393 members are supporting this garden with their compost* [**Food Well Alliance**](http://www.foodwellalliance.org/) strengthens community farms and gardens to create thriving communities that value local, healthy food. 411 members are supporting this garden with their compost* **[Alliance Medical Ministry](http://www.alliancemedicalministry.org/community-garden/)** exists to provide affordable healthcare to working, uninsured adults in Wake County. 595 members are supporting this garden with their compost* Gardeners at the **[Asbury Community Garden](https://asburyraleigh.org/serve/)** enjoy a long growing season in full sun plots and donate at least 50% of their harvest to Inter-Faith Food Shuttle and individuals/families in need. 580 members are supporting this garden with their compost* **Blossom Garden Club** is a member of the Durham Council of Garden Clubs. 573 members are supporting this garden with their compost* **[Campus Community Garden at NCCU](https://www.instagram.com/nccucampusgarden/?hl=en)**'s mission is to create a sustainable and resilient ecosystem and garden community. 598 members are supporting this garden with their compost* Located on Wilson Street in Chapel Hill, NC, **[Carolina Community Garden](http://uncgarden.web.unc.edu/)** serves as a source of fresh sustainably grown produce for UNC-CH's lowest wage workers. 611 members are supporting this garden with their compost* The **[Carrboro Community Garden Coalition](http://www.carrborocommunitygarden.org/)** runs a community garden located in MLK, Jr. Park. 576 members are supporting this garden with their compost* **[Community Garden Washington Terrace](https://dhic.org/)** is fostering a community garden program that engages residents with educational workshops. 578 members are supporting this garden with their compost* The [**CREW Community Garden**](https://www.facebook.com/crewgarden) serves the Church of Reconciliation and Elliot Woods apartments. 573 members are supporting this garden with their compost* **[Dickson Foundation Community Garden](https://www.meredith.edu/food-nutrition/)** provides hands-on opportunities to learn about planting, harvesting, and preparing healthy food. 575 members are supporting this garden with their compost* The **[Disciples’ Community Garden](https://www.saintfrancisumc.org/garden)** exists to uphold community engagement and sustainability practices. 569 members are supporting this garden with their compost*.