- Community gardening is a healthy, inexpensive activity that can bring neighbors closer to nature, and allow them to interact with each other in a socially meaningful and physically productive way.
- Community gardens bring people together from a wide variety of backgrounds (age, race, culture, social class).
- Studies have shown that community gardeners and their children eat healthier diets than do non-gardening families.
- Community gardens allow families and individuals without land of their own the opportunity to produce nutritionally rich foods .
- Community gardens donate thousands of pounds of fresh produce to food pantries and involve people in processes that provide food security and alleviate hunger.
- Community gardens add beauty to the community and heighten people’s awareness and appreciation for living things.
- Community gardens restore oxygen to the air and help to reduce air pollution.
- Community gardens provide a place to retreat from the noise and commotion of urban environments.