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Denver Urban Gardens

Denver Urban Gardens

DENVER, Colorado

Verified PWI Partner

Our Mission

To provide access, skills, and resources for people to grow healthy food in community and regenerate urban green spaces

Who We Are

Denver Urban Gardens started as a grassroots movement in the late 1970s when gardeners in Denver’s Northside neighborhood came together to create a space for a group of local Hmong women to grow their own food. Working collaboratively, they transformed a vacant parking lot into what is now the Pecos Community Garden, and over the following years, more community gardens began to spring up as the group helped other neighbors do the same. DUG was formally incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in 1985 to support Denver residents in creating sustainable, food-producing neighborhood community gardens. Over the past 35 years, our network of community gardens has expanded across six metro Denver counties. We currently oversee 200 community gardens, including 66 school-based community gardens, and 20 food forests. In addition to our gardens, DUG programs provide access, skills, and resources to help people grow food in community and regenerate urban green space. We offer youth programming, skill-building workshops for adults, community-centered events, volunteer workdays, free and reduced-cost seeds and seedlings, and compost training.

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Website

www.dug.org

Email

lauren@dug.org

Phone

303-292-9900

Tax-Exempt ID (EIN)

74-2374848

Location

1031 33RD ST STE 100, #113, DENVER, Colorado, 80205, United States of America

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