Across the Roanoke region, there are beautiful spaces, side lots, donated land, tended beds -- all manner of places designated as community gardens.

Over the last few months, LEAP's Community Gardens Manager, Davey Rogner Stewards, has been coordinating with area gardening organizations to create a Roanoke Community Gardens Network. The idea is that our community is stronger when it works together, and that a network can share knowledge, resources, tools, and volunteers.

Here are a few of the groups engaged in starting this collaboration: One Valley (Carver Garden), Virginia Cooperative Extension, Roanoke Master Gardeners, The Giving Garden in Salem, Trees Roanoke, Lick Run Farm, Garden Variety Harvests, The Harvest Collective, and Hollins University.

Are you part of a gardening group? Interested in learning more about gardening? Wanting to connect to a community of gardeners? Reach out to Davey to learn more.