Like its British counterpart, the American Community Gardening Association is devoted to building community by increasing and enhancing community gardening and greening across the United States and Canada.
Why? Community gardening improves people’s quality of life by providing a catalyst for neighborhood and community development, stimulating social interaction, encouraging self-reliance, beautifying neighborhoods, producing nutritious food, reducing family food budgets, conserving resources and creating opportunities for recreation, exercise, therapy and education. The ACGA website is packed with resources to help set up and run a community garden.