Edible Landscapes
Provide fresh fruit and vegetables to people in food insecure neighborhoods.
Edible Landscapes is an award-winning program through Mecklenburg County Public Health that establishes community gardens and orchards to provide fresh fruits and vegetables to communities who need it. The department works to install them through partnerships with community and faith-based organizations positioned in food insecure neighborhoods.
Installation
Installations occur in early spring (March to May) and late fall (October to November). We spend the months leading up to the install:
- Planning together and ensuring that you are set up for success
- Determining what and when to plant
- Establishing what to do when harvesting
- Creating a sustainable volunteer program who will assist in the install, maintenance, and harvest of the landscape
After the Installation
The community partner is responsible to maintain the landscape by planting, pruning, and tending to the landscape. Harvesting, measuring the harvest, an distributing the fruits of the landscape throughout the season is also the responsibility of the organization.
Request an Edible Landscape at your organization.
Map and Locations
Anyone who wishes to volunteer or take advantage of the Edible Landscapes program should contact and work with the locations for edible landscapes listed below.
AAA Therapeutic Solutions935 Little Rock Road, Charlotte 28214
Allegra Westbrook Regional Library2412 Beatties Ford Rd, Charlotte, NC 28216
Amity Presbyterian Church2831 N. Sharon Amity Road, Charlotte, NC 28205
Another Chance House of Refuge1818 Kennesaw Drive, Charlotte, NC 28216
Berean Junior Academy3748 Beatties Ford Road, Charlotte, NC 28216
Bette Rae Thomas Recreation Center2921 Tuckaseegee Road, Charlotte, NC 28208
Brisbane Academy5901 Statesville Road, Charlotte, NC 28269
Bread of Life Deliverance Church1245 Tom Hunter Road, Charlotte, NC 28213
Chapel of Christ The King Church425 East 17th Street, Charlotte, NC 28206
Charlotte Lab School2045 Suttle Ave., Charlotte 28208
Chosen City Church13925 Erwin Road, Charlotte 28273
Cochrane Collegiate Academy6200 Starhaven Drive, Charlotte, NC 28215
Davidson Community Garden403 Potts St, Charlotte, NC 28036
Druid Hills Academy2801 Lucena street, Charlotte, NC 28206
Elizabeth Traditional Elementary School1601 Park Drive, Charlotte 28204
Faith CME Church457 Wellingford Street, Charlotte, NC 28213
Friendship Missionary Baptist Church3400 Beatties Ford Road, Charlotte, NC 28216
Galilee Center3601 Central Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28205
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church3307 Rea Road, Charlotte 28226
Grier Heights Community Center3100 Leroy Street, Charlotte, NC 28205
The Heights Ministry Church2137 B Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28216
Hope House15604 Northcross Drive, Huntersville 28078
Iglesia Puerto Nuevo9401 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28273
Kingdom Harvest Bibleway Church5236 Statesville Road, Charlotte, NC 28269
Martin Luther King, Jr. MIddle School500 Bilmark Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28213
The Meadows at Plato Price4201 Morris Field Drive, Charlotte 28208
Mecklenburg County Public Health -SEHD249 Billingsley Road, Charlotte, NC 28211
Moore's Sanctuary AME Zion Church4101 Morris Field Drive, Charlotte, NC 28208
Mountain Island Lake Academy905 Pleasant Grove Road, Charlotte, NC 28216
New Zion Missionary Baptist Church217 W. Todd Lane, Charlotte, NC 28208
Niner Academy at Amay James2414 Lester St, Charlotte, NC 28208
Northridge Middle School7601 The Plaza, Charlotte, NC 28215
Pine Valley Neighborhood Park2422 Longleaf Drive, Charlote, NC 28210
Reeder Memorial Baptist Church3725 Beatties Ford Road, Charlotte, NC 28216
Rockwell AME Zion Church6101 Rockwell Church Road, Charlotte, NC 28269
Shiloh Institutional Baptist Church2400 Greenland Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28208
St. Johns United Methodist Church4305 Monroe Road, Charlotte 28205
Statesville Avenue Presbyterian Church3435 Nevin Road, Charlotte 28269
Strawn Towers1125 S. Caldwell St., Charlotte 28203
Steele Creek Church -Eastfield11800 Eastfield Road, Charlotte, NC 28078
Sugaw Creek Recreation Center943 West Sugar Creek Road, Charlotte, NC 28213
Thomasboro Academy538 Bradford Drive, Charlotte, NC 28208
Urban Institute for Strengthening Families8801 Grier Road, Charlotte, NC 28215
University Park Creative Arts School2400 Hildebrand St., Charlotte 28216
Unsheltered Tortoise & Turtle9339 Beatties Ford Road , Huntersvile 28078
West Mecklenburg High School7400 Tuckaseegee Road, Charlotte, NC 28214
Will of God Outreach Ministries4700 Willard St, Charlotte, NC 28208
Woods Friendly Community Garden9415 Monarda Court, Charlotte, NC 28216
Zealous Empowering Nurturer, Inc (ZEN)3811 Prosperity Church Road, Charlotte, NC 28269
Awards and Recognitions
The National Association of Counties (NACo) awarded the Edible Landscapes program an Achievement Award in the Health category in 2019. The program was cited as an example of how community representatives and food security stakeholders work together to address public health priorities. This effort successfully improves access to fresh produce and demonstrates that edible landscapes can be part of a multi-level approach to improving the availability of healthy foods.
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