Neighbors Feeding Neighbors.
Solidarity gardens were started as a collaborative project between various community organizations and partners. The gardens are maintained and cultivated by community members.
Our Community Partners
Our Gardens Wouldn’t Be Possible Without…
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Thank you to everyone who has supported our community gardens, from watering and weeding, planting and harvesting, to bringing friends to lend a hand and celebrating the harvest with us! Every bit of help in the gardens grows more tasty local food and a more connected, resilient community. We are #NeighborsFeedingNeighbors
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Our gardens rely on the generous and skillful stewardship of our wonderful garden leaders. A huge thank you to those who volunteer their time, skills, and leadership helping volunteers learn how to tend to our plants, caring for our ever-growing community gardens, and producing thousands of pounds of produce every year for our food pantries!
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Thank you to all of the support and in-kind donations given to our network of gardens by our partners!
Solidarity gardens operates with four lead agencies: Cunningham Township, Sola Gratia Farms, Urbana Park District, Champaign Park District
And a huge thank you to our supporting organizations and partners: Habitat for Humanity, CU Public Health District, Wesley Foundation, Channing Murray Foundation, Urbana School District, Urbana Neighborhood Connections, Grow2Give, Aspen Court, Green Street Coop, Ujima Retreat Center, Carle Foundation, University of Illinois Extension, University of Illinois School of Social Work, Four Osprey/Champaign-Urbana City Farms, Urbana Free Library, McKinley Foundation, First Followers, YouthBuild of Housing Authority of Champaign County, HOPE Center Food Pantry, United Way, Community Foundation of East Central Illinois, University of Illinois.
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Thank you to our many generous community members who have donated funds and materials to our gardens. Solidarity Gardens operates largely on the support of partners and community members like you!
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2026 - Thank you to the Common Ground Food Co-op for sponsoring us through the Round Up For Good Grant!
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2025 - Thank you to the City of Urbana for sponsoring our community gardens through the Sustaining Urbana Neighborhoods (SUN) Grant!
2025 - Thank you to North Central Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NCR-SARE) for sponsoring educational workshops and materials to grow leadership within our community gardens!
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2024 - Thank you to Victory Seeds for a generous donation of vegetable and flower seeds that will go to produce food for our community!
2024 - Thank you to the Urbana Rotary Club for sponsoring our Free Garden Program and helping us to expand the program, offering gardens to more local gardeners!