Did you know Woodbury has its own Community Garden?
In 2021, a group of Woodbury residents got together with the city to start the planning for our garden. It’s located by Andy’s Bark Park, off Dale Road. We launched in 2022 with 16 plots and support from a SHIP grant from Washington County. In 2023, we expanded to 48 plots, and in 2025 we have tripled in size! We received an Urban Agriculture grant from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, allowing us to double our in-ground plots to 96, as well as add 35 raised beds and 6 wheelchair accessible beds. A Community Challenge grant from AARP allowed us to build another 6 wheelchair accessible beds. All garden plots are reservable through the city. The community garden is the intersection of all three focus areas of Woodbury Thrives – Healthy Lifestyles, Mental Wellbeing, and Social Connectedness.
Grow your own vegetables and flowers while cultivating camaraderie with friends and neighbors in our community garden! Studies have shown that gardening can improve mental wellbeing by reducing stress, improving cognitive abilities, providing a source of physical activity, creating a sense of pride and accomplishment, and providing opportunities for skills development.
Learn more about us!
South Washington County Telecommunications joined with Woodbury Thrives and the City of Woodbury to make a video describing more about the garden. Check us out here!
Our Community Garden is a true community endeavor
The garden leadership committee includes people from the Woodbury Thrives, City of Woodbury, Washington County Master Gardeners, Washington County Water Stewards, and gardeners themselves
Community Connection
The garden brings together over 140 different households and community organizations from various backgrounds and parts of Woodbury. Working in the garden has fostered connections and friendships from people who would have ordinarily never met. Current gardeners frequently mention how peaceful and pleasant it is to be in nature.
Master Gardener Clinics
One perk of being part of the garden is that the Washington County Master Gardeners come to run information sessions. We will be hosting periodic “Ask a Master Gardener” clinics at the garden this summer!
(the produce on the left was grown in the garden in 2023!)
Volunteer!
Do you have a passion for gardening and want to share that with your community? Contact us at garden@woodburythrives.org
Students can volunteer too!
We have had many students helping us at the garden – from building benches to planting a pollinator garden. We have many areas we are exploring for the future – these could make great Eagle Scout or Gold Award projects. Many thanks to Audrey Siefken, Woodbury Girl Scout Troop 57638, who, with her friends Elise and Lily, helped remove buckthorn, landscaped around the garden, laid down occultation tarps, and created QR codes for the garden! As part of her Eagle Scout project for Troop 7071, Audrey built our wheelchair accessible beds
We were featured in October 2023 in the St. Paul Pioneer Press! Check us – and one of our gardeners – out in the link below!