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Spencer Garrett Park Community Garden

Address
17th Avenue & Joliet Street

Established
2011

Spencer Garrett Community Garden is located in Original Aurora in the Spencer Garrett Park.  The park has benefited Aurora for over thirty years, with the garden opening in 2012 when the Spencer Garrett Park was renovated by the City of Aurora, utilizing funds from the Adams County Open Space Fund and the Colorado Lottery. The park is named after the Aurora Police Chief who served from 1949 to 1971.  The garden mostly consists of, and benefits, members of the surrounding community, many of whom are newly-arrived refugees or immigrants who grow plants and vegetables from around the world.  The garden is located in the northwest corner of the Spencer Garrett Park, on 17th Avenue and Joliet Street.  The garden has 36 plots and covers a total of 6,400 square feet and is administered by Denver Urban Gardens.
The garden’s diverse culture and unique neighborhood position it to connect with and benefit the surrounding community.  The Spencer Garrett gardeners enjoy holding art fairs for children in the community to make and hang art along the garden’s fence, reflecting the garden’s presence in the neighborhood for a long time to come. With community members of all ages, religions, backgrounds, and cultures regularly filling the park to play basketball and soccer, hold birthday parties and cookouts, and play on the jungle gym, Spencer Garrett Community Garden seeks to contribute to the transforming of this community into a thriving, joyous place to live.
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  • About
    • About DUG
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      • Staff and Board
      • Internships & Employment
    • Faces of DUG
    • Latest News
  • Gardens
    • How DUG Supports Our Gardens
    • Join a Community Garden
    • Start a Community Garden
      • Request a New Community Garden Info Packet
      • Starting a School-Based Community Garden
      • Growing Community Gardens: Best Practices Handbook
    • DeLaney Community Farm
      • About DeLaney Community Farm
        • Directions to DeLaney
        • Sustainability at DeLaney
      • Impact on the Refugee Community
      • Join the Farm
      • Internships at DeLaney Community Farm
      • Volunteer at DeLaney
      • DeLaney Community Farm Partners
  • Programs
    • Event Calendar
    • Grow a Garden
    • Youth Education
      • Youth Education
      • Healthy Seedlings
      • Helping Kids Get Healthy Youth Educator Workshops
      • Healthy Bodies, Healthy Gardens Curriculum
      • Youth Farm Stands
      • Garden to Cafeteria Program
    • Community Education
      • Master Composter Training Program
        • Learn to Compost Workshops
  • Resources
    • Gardening Resources
    • Garden Leader Resources
    • COVID-19 Resources
    • Food Access Support
      • Five Steps to SNAP Access
    • Policy
  • Contact
    • Join the DUG Network
    • Connect with us on social media
    • Subscribe to our mailing list
  • Support Us
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