ACGA's Annual Report

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ACGA's annual reports share our accomplishments and lessons learned. Our report from 2019, delayed because of the pandemic, gives an inspiring look at what we accomplished with a reminder of how gardening and community building used to be in the days before this global crisis. Reading it brings hope. Community gardens have a vital role to play as we begin the long process of healing in 2021. In our gardens, we grow nourishing food at a time when families need it. We act as good stewards of our precious soil, water, and open space even in the midst of cities. And we create common ground, to bring our people together after being too divided for too long. To read our most recent report, please click here or on the cover photo.

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ACGA 2021 Conference, Hampton VA

Request For EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

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Each year, ACGA organizes an Annual Conference hosted by a different city.  The 2021 ACGA Annual Conference will be held in Hampton Virginia at the Hampton Marina Hotel from Sept 24 to 26. Workshops will be held Friday morning and afternoon and Sunday morning. Saturday will be garden tours and networking events.  Each workshop will be 50 minutes long including Q&A.  We welcome workshops in Spanish as well as English.  The theme of this year’s conference is -

Gardening in Challenging Times.

 

Typically, workshops focus on community engagement, leadership development, innovative community garden programs, presentation of the community garden and urban agriculture-related research, volunteer management, site management, youth garden programs, community garden programs operated by non-profits, municipalities, universities, and cooperative extension programs, horticultural therapy, conservation of soil and water conservation, social justice, and food access.  Community Gardens are diverse and inclusive, we value equity, diversity of age, race, gender, orientation, perspective, and approach. 

 

Workshop presenters receive a $100 discount for conference registration, which can be split with a co-presenter.  Educational poster presentations for the lobby are awarded a complimentary conference t-shirt.  Virtual workshop presentations receive a 50% discount on the web-based conference. 

 

If you are interested in leading a live workshop or educational poster presentation, please complete and submit the information below.  For remote workshops, please submit a prerecorded 2-3 minute sample of yourself summarizing your presentation via link to your video to Fred Conrad at fred.conrad@communitygarden.org (Ideally in YouTube or Vimeo formats.)

 

https://tinyurl.com/ACGA-Workshop-Proposal-Form

 

Evaluation of Proposals: The ACGA Conference Program Committee evaluates workshop proposals based on four criteria. 

• Relevance to Community Gardening and the conference theme

• Clarity of focus

• Degree of potential audience engagement

• Practical applicability ​

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Our committee will review all proposals and let you know if your proposal has been accepted by June 21, 2021 

Questions?  Please contact Fred Conrad at fred.conrad@communitygarden.org