Growing Food means Growing Climate Resilience
Our Hurley Street Neighborhood Farm started in 2017 as a prototype for future “communal gardens” in Cambridge. You can help grow! People of all skill levels and backgrounds are welcome to help create community resiliency amongst neighbors and take advantage of underutilized growing space.
Unlike the typical community garden consisting of various privately-run plots, the neighborhood farm is collectively staffed by local volunteers of all backgrounds. In the past we've held community hours where anyone could drop in. However, now with COVID-19 guidelines in place, group activities are reduced. To facilitate, we're instituting sign up times, limiting the number of people in the space at any given time.
Just schedule a time below! Questions? Email farms @ greencambridge.org
In addition, Join our Farm Advocate Group to get email updates and be a part of this amazing work!
Unlike the typical community garden consisting of various privately-run plots, the neighborhood farm is collectively staffed by local volunteers of all backgrounds. In the past we've held community hours where anyone could drop in. However, now with COVID-19 guidelines in place, group activities are reduced. To facilitate, we're instituting sign up times, limiting the number of people in the space at any given time.
Just schedule a time below! Questions? Email farms @ greencambridge.org
In addition, Join our Farm Advocate Group to get email updates and be a part of this amazing work!
Schedule Farming Time!
COVID-19 Guidelines for Community Farms
During the COVID-19 Crisis, our growing space will be following the City's community garden guidelines. Masks and gloves are required before entering the farms. In addition:
- Do not garden if you are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, if you have been sick in the past 2 weeks, or if you have been in contact with anyone who may have contracted COVID-19.
- Wash hands frequently, and avoid touching your face.
- Practice physical distancing. Capacity is limited at our farming locations to no more than 4 people in total.
- Be careful touching high use surfaces including gates, water spigots and hoses. Wash your hands, apply alcohol based hand sanitizer with at least 70% alcohol, or wear gloves.
- Use your own tools whenever possible, and if you use other people’s tools be sure to sanitize them before and after use.
- Stay in communication with fellow gardeners.
Employing Permaculture design principles, the farm’s socio-environmental goals focus on being “regenerative:” producing maximal nutrient-dense food, improving soil and ecosystem health for future growing, and serving as a gathering space for the community to celebrate food. The produce grown will benefit the landowners, volunteers, and Cambridge-centered food security organizations. This way, those who help can appreciate the direct results of the work they’ve contributed, hopefully sparking new passions for community gardening.