Troy Gardens in Madison, Wisconsin, brings farming to the city

It serves as a model of what’s possible when people get together and think creatively and compromise and work together in community

By Jamie Stark
Madison Commons
09/06/2011

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Today, the site includes a five-acre organic farm, 330 community garden plots managed by over 200 families, a kids’ educational garden, a prairie, and a trail through “edible opportunities” like fruit trees and an herb garden.

Troy Gardens emphasizes the “community” part of community gardening.

“It’s a public, open place for people to come and experience gardening and nature in the city,” said Jill Jacklitz, Executive Director of Community GroundWorks. Visitors can walk dogs, catch butterflies, even sample flavors in the herb garden. Jacklitz estimates that 1,000 students come to Troy Gardens every year on field trips or to garden. At least one couple has been married in the grotto on the prairie.

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