Backyard Growers

Backyard Growers

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Community & Civic Organizations

About Us

Backyard Growers is a nonprofit organization that cultivates healthy, connected, environmentally sustainable communities and fights for food justice by teaching people to grow their own food. We connect kids, families, and seniors to healthy food through school, community, and backyard gardens.

Images

A Backyard Growers cooking workshop hosted at the Open Door
A Backyard Growers cooking workshop hosted at the Open Door
Gloucester students planting lettuce seeds for Salad Days in their school garden
Gloucester student with lettuce that she planted, grew, and harvested in her school garden for Salad Days
Gardeners harvesting their own fresh, healthy produce at Willowood Community Garden
Gardener Joanne harvesting celery in her backyard garden, built by Backyard Growers

Events

Square-Foot Gardening Workshop
  • Learn to create a custom vegetable garden plan in square-feet instead of rows that will unlock your growing space's potential
  • Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
Fundraiser: Bowl to Build School Gardens
  • Join Backyard Growers for family fun at Cape Ann Lanes to support all eight Backyard Growers-managed school gardens in Gloucester this spring.
  • Sunday Mar 30, 2025

Rep/Contact Info

Katelyn Marques
Development Director
Alison Woitunski DiFiore
Executive Director