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Backyard Garden Program​


This FREE program will ​empower 178 residents to grow healthy food in their own backyards to improve health, promote physical activity, decrease food insecurity and hunger, and potentially decrease their food budget. Gardeners are receiving one of three gardening systems of the​ir choice (shown below) accompanied with materials, labor, training, and individualized support.​

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED.​


 Programa de Jardines Gratis

​About the Backyard Gardens Available

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L​​ehr ​is a Phoenix-based organization founded by Ed Williams, who invented the LEHR Gardens system as a sustainable, regenerative agriculture method for busy urban lifestyles. 

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NxT is a Phoenix-based organization founded by Dr. George Brooks Jr., a nationally recognized Aquaponics expert​.


TigerMountain Foundation is a Phoenix-based nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower communities to better themselves through cultivating gardens.  ​​


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Contact Us

Email: phxfood@phoenix.gov 

Call: 602-262-6347

Note when you submit an email it falls under the city's policy which states that the email message is: (1) subject to public disclosure under the Public Records Law, (2) not private or confidential and (3) retained for 90 days.

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