food systems
FUNDRAISING GIFT Gardens
Alachua County residents can purchase a GIFT Garden to grow healthy food nearly all year long if they do not meet income eligibility requirements for a free GIFT Garden. GIFT Gardens make great gifts too, or donate a GIFT Garden in your name or someone else's name to a low-income person, and receive the reward of knowing your gift has helped someone provide food for themselves and their family.
Recipients receive 4' x 8' raised bed(s), fertile soil, seeds, vegetable starts, a GIFT Gardens Growing Guide and ongoing assistance. Including materials and installation, one 4' x 8' garden costs $400, two gardens $700 and three gardens $900, however a GIFT Gardens Coordinator will determine the final price after a pre-installation site visit. Some variables with the cost include distance to site from GIFT Gardens storage facility, cost of labor, and any other variations upon original garden design that may alter cost.
After the installation by FOG staff and volunteers, participants plan and plant their gardens, allowing them to take ownership of the GIFT Garden and learn
how to start, take care and maintain a vegetable garden plot.
The funds paid for a GIFT Garden are used to provide a free garden for an Alachua County resident with low income and/or an insitution that serves low income residents.
For more information contact FOG or send in the application form below and someone will contact you promptly to arrange for a site visit.
APPLICATION FORMS
Fundraising Garden Application
Landlord Agreement (required for renters)
RESOURCES
GIFT Gardens Growing Guide
IFAS Vegetable Gardening Guide