Quite a few organizations host community gardens in Long Beach!
Check out this list – and take a few tours by viewing the short videos below.
Long Beach Organic Community Gardens
longbeachorganic.org
Seventh and Chestnut – 348 West 7th St
Orizaba Park – 1431 Orizaba Ave
South Forty – 2813 E. South St
Grace Park – 401 E Plymouth Ave
Mary Molina – 1640 W. 20th St
Zaferia Junction – 3709 10th St
Pacific and Sixth – 612 Pacific Ave
Redondo (coming Spring 2020) – 914 Redondo Ave
St Luke’s Teaching Garden
525 E 7th St
contact vegyvic@gmail.com
NLB Victory Garden
6509 Gundry Ave
contact VictoryGardenLB@gmail.com
Long Beach Community Garden Association=
7550 E Spring | LBCG.org
Hudson Park Community Gardens
2358 Easy Ave | (562) 426-2381
LBDHHS Healthy Active LB Peace Garden
1133 Rhea Street (MLK Jr., Park / LBDHHS Central Facilities Center)
562-570-4364
1st and Elm Community Garden
(562) 591-5274
Growing Experience Community Garden
750 Via Carmelitos Ave
contact at growingexperiencelb.org
Children’s Gateway Garden
401 Golden Ave
healthyactivelb@longbeach.gov
Teaching Gardens in Schools
There are more than 20 school gardens city-wide, thanks to the American Heart Association.
Alvarado Elementary School
Boys and Girls Club – Westside Center
Colin Powell Academy
Cubberley K-8 School
Garfield Elementary School
Herrera Elementary School
King Elementary School
Longfellow Elementary School
McKinley Elementary School
Patrick Henry K-8 School
Prisk Elementary School
Signal Hill Elementary School
St. Anthony Elementary School
Twain Elementary School
Webster Elementary School
Whittier Elementary School
Franklin Classical Middle School
More info at Heart.org, or contact your school principal!
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