Join us Thursdays from 4-7 to volunteer. All food grown goes to those most in need!
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For 15 years, Washington Parks & People has been growing the Columbia Heights Green as a place of community resilience, learning, art, and food for those most in need. Once a rubble-strewn vacant lot, the Green is now an inspiring year-round model of all that the land can mean for people and nature. This magic place has been cultivated for many years with love and dedication by Parks & People, doz
ens of our community partners, and hundreds of diverse volunteers. Soon to be re-dedicated with a Nature Sacred sanctuary, the site also features year-round agriculture and food forest, native perennials and pollinators, stage, pavilion, fire circle, healing and herb gardens, bee hive, restful green space, and a wonderful and very happy bird population. The little farm shed also serves as a sunlight and rainwater collector for the off-the grid site. The Green serves as a pesticide-free community farm, a job-training site for Parks & People's DC Green Corps, an outdoor classroom and field trip destination for area schools and youth groups, an arts and performance space, and a place of respite, reflection, and healing for all. Volunteers and partners are encouraged to contact Parks & People (www.washingtonparks.nett) about helping the Green serve those most in need.
01/11/2024
Join us for the MLK Day of Service - Park Reclamation event! We're excited to gather at 5200 Foote Street Northeast, Washington, DC, USA for a day of community service and fun. Let's honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by coming together to reclaim and beautify our local park.
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From vacant lot to garden plots to unbeatable community spot
The Green is a community-run farm located in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, DC.
Once a vacant lot filled with tires and lead, the land we now cultivate was purchased in 2010 for $1 by Washington Parks & People. You can watch our transformation here!
We’ve grown from a junk-yard to a set of individual garden plots to a collectively run urban farm. Ten years on from its first planting, Columbia Heights Green now serves as a model of community agriculture and greening for all of DC and beyond!
Come check us out on Saturdays 10am-2pm. Kids and pets are welcome. You’ll go home with fresh produce and a lot of new friends!
There’s a lot going on at the Green--just this year, we built a new compost corner, a bunch of beds for berries, a pavilion and kitchen area for workshops & cleaning produce, and a covered stage for hosting local artists! To learn more, find upcoming events, or schedule your own event at the Green, please visit http://www.columbiaheightsgreen.org/.