Inland Northwest Community Gardens

Inland Northwest Community Gardens provides local access to healthy edible gardening through networking, demonstrations, advocacy, and connecting people to gardens and urban agricultural or sustainability programs. Inland Northwest Community Gardens is a 501(c)3 that umbrellas the Inland Northwest area to help Community Gardens, School Gardens, Youth Gardens, and Service Gardens, in Eastern Washington, Northern Idaho, Northeastern Oregon, and Far-Western Montana.

Inland Northwest Community Gardens (INCG) maintains a list of school, youth, service, and community gardens and other local food network resources; see our website for map of gardens and listings.

INCG actively partners with the WSU Master Gardeners of Spokane County, the Spokane County Master Gardeners Foundation, Gonzaga University, BECU, community gardens, and others to help underserved gardens in Spokane County. This project features garden needs assessments, building or repairing garden infrastructure, and engaging the neighboring community through education classes.

GU Philosophy Professor Dr. Roisin Lally and INCG President Kathleen Callum are partnering to integrate this nonprofit's mission into classroom service learning. As part of this, GU maintains two beds at the Chief Garry Community Garden located on Mission Avenue.

Major organization events include the Spring & Fall Potluck Meetings featuring special guest speakers, resource tables, seed swap, silent auction with garden goodies, networking, and more!

In addition, INCG offers

• Updated website https://incgincommunitygardens.org/ listing of all school, youth program, service and community gardens as well as great resources, farmer’s markets, and advocacy for growing the local food network throughout the Inland Northwest

• Active facebook page spreading the word about your garden, garden event, or what’s new in gardening https://www.facebook.com/incommunitygardens.org/

• Speakers bureau for your garden meeting or event featuring topics like “Maintaining a Flourishing Community Garden”, “Indoor/Outdoor Composting”, “„We Will Come Rejoicing, Bringing in the Sheaves”: Harvesting Basics for School, Youth, Service and Community Gardens”, “What Is A Weed? Triage For Community Gardens”, or introduction to “Community Gardens.”

• Kids Gardening programs at events, annual Kids Gardening Roundtables, and initiatives to get children and youth digging the garden scene!

• Advocacy and public relations for school, youth program, service and community gardens and the local food network.

• Volunteer Work Party Coordinator

• Tabling at public events and venues featuring Kids Gardening, Composting Demos, or Free Seeds!

• Access to INCG Tool Library, with annual membership

• Does your garden need emergency garden registrar (garden bed registration) or administrative garden management? Talk to us!

• Monthly board meetings 5:00-6:30 p.m. 3rd Wednesday at WSU Extension in Spokane, 222 North Havana … got an upcoming event or challenge? We can help!

• 501(c)3 supporting grants and other initiatives helping school, youth, service and community gardens throughout the Inland Northwest.

• Thanks to Associated Garden Clubs of Spokane, the 10%-15% discount card off garden and nurseries like Northwest Seed and Pet alone cover the cost of becoming an INCG member!

PLEASE REVIEW INCG "COMMUNITY NEEDS" FOR OPEN POSITIONS!!!