The Geer street learning garden builds resilient community connections and engages people of all ages in the powerful act of growing local food.
Located between one of the most vulnerable census tracts and one of the most prosperous business districts in Durham, the Geer Street learning Garden is a flourishing urban green space.
The garden has twelve vegetable beds, community garden beds, fruit trees, an outdoor kitchen, a small greenhouse, a vermicompost system, a perennial rain garden, a pollinator garden and areas for community gatherings...all on only a quarter-acre lot! Conveniently located in Durham’s urban food corridor, the garden neighbors include Reinvestment Partners, Farmer Foodshare, and an urban demonstration apiary managed by Bee Downtown. The heart of the Geer Street Learning Garden is the countless community partnerships we have built in Durham.
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110 E. Geer Street
Durham, NC 27701
Harvest Distribution Partnership
The produce grown at the Geer Street Learning Garden is delivered to two local food pantries – Emanuel Tabernacle Holiness Church and Iglesia Presbiteriana Emanuel. Both churches host regular food distributions open to the public. Additionally, produce is donated directly across the street to Southlight Healthcare, which provides produce and food donations to clients participating in their support services.
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Sweet potato harvest at Geer Street Learning Garden
The Geer Street Learning Garden is designed as a agricultural education space for visitors of all ages. The garden engages corporate groups, civic organizations, and family volunteers year round. These visitors all help to maintain the garden while working alongside experienced staff members.
We also offer free gardening classes and workshops to neighbors and community partners. Workshops held throughout the year cover a wide range of introductory-level garden and food-related topics meant to teach new gardeners how to grow and use their own food. Additionally, our Seed to Supper beginning gardener class equips new gardeners with everything they need to know to start a vegetable garden on a budget. All the food grown in the garden is cultivated using chemical-free and sustainable growing methods. Our staff utilize practices such as cover-cropping, companion-planting, reduced tillage, and composting to produce the healthiest food possible for our pantry clients.
Community Partners
