Many Ys offer community gardens, and gardeners share their harvest with members and the community. Contact the locations below for more information.
Platte County Community Garden
The community garden is made possible thanks to a collaboration among the Y, The National, Platte County Parks and Recreation, The University of Missouri Extension Center and the Master Gardeners. It has 10-by-20-foot plots available to the community to rent.
All gardeners commit to donate a portion of their harvest to nearby food pantries, including St. Therese's Pantry in Parkville and Mimi's Pantry in Riverside. Each year, gardeners donate a total of 1,000 to 3,000 pounds of produce to benefit those in need.
To keep the garden going strong and provide resources to gardeners, the Master Gardeners cultivate two of the 34 plots as demonstration gardens, one of which is pollinator garden designed to attract pollinating insects and help increase the vegetable yield in the community garden. The Master Gardeners are maintain two apple trees, two peach trees, four blueberry bushes, blackberry bushes and a strawberry bed.
For more information, contact Platte County Community Center South at 816.505.2622.