Youth Villages AmeriCorps Community Garden

The Youth Villages AmeriCorps community garden began in 2007, as an AmeriCorps service learning project designed to create a garden space for learning and meditation at the Youth Villages Inner Harbour Campus in Douglasville, GA. The first planting occurred in the spring of 2008, and every spring, summer and fall, AmeriCorps members, students, staff and teachers plant and harvest organic vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers.

Since that time, the community garden has expanded to include a butterfly garden, herb spiral and Farmers Market, in addition to a greenhouse and additional flower garden in different areas of campus. These areas provide students with space for outdoor classrooms, afterschool activities and summer programming locations.