Welcome to the Mid-City Community Garden

Mid-City Community Garden is a proud member of (ACGA) American Community Gardening Association. Mid-City Community Garden is an organization of professionals, volunteers and supporters of the Mid-City neighborhood in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Mid-City community realizes that gardening improves the quality of life of people in our community by providing a catalyst for neighborhood and community development, stimulating social interaction, encouraging self-reliance, beautifying neighborhoods, producing nutritious food, reducing family food budgets, conserving resources and creating opportunities for recreation, exercise, therapy and education. Read More

Benefits of Community Gardens

• Improves the quality of life for people the garden
• Provides a catalyst for neighborhood and community development
• Stimulates social interaction
• Encourages self-reliance
• Beautifies neighborhoods
• Produces nutritious food
• Reduces family food budgets
• Conserves resources
• Creates opportunity for recreation, exercise, therapy, and education
• Reduces crime
• Preserves green space
• Creates income opportunities and economic development
• Reduces city heat from streets and parking lots
• Provides opportunities for intergenerational and cross-cultural connections