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      ARPA Backyard Garden Program

      The ARPA-funded Backyard Garden Program empowered residents to grow healthy food in their own backyards to improve health, promote physical activity, decrease food insecurity and hunger, and help reduce their food costs. Gardeners received one of three gardening systems of their choice, in addition to materials, labor, training, and individualized support.

      Image of a quote from a program participant that reads, "This is a great program! It's not only great for people like me, I'm an older person. I wanted to learn gardening, I want to be able to grow and harvest my own food. I want to teach my grandkids. This program allows people like me to do that. I want to thank the City of Phoenix for this opportunity and thank them for helping me to help myself."

      About the Backyard Gardens

        Lehr

        L​​ehr ​is a Phoenix-based organization founded by Ed Williams, who invented the LEHR Gardens system as a sustainable, regenerative agriculture method for busy urban lifestyles. 

        A program participant stands behind their Lehr garden system, which was planted in the spring
        Lehr Garden - Planted in the spring.
        The same program participant stands behind their Lehr garden system, which is now fully bloomed.
        Lehr garden - One month of growth.

        Lehr Resources:

        NxT Horizon

        NxT is a Phoenix-based organization founded by Dr. George Brooks Jr., a nationally recognized Aquaponics expert​.

          A newly planted aquaponic system
          A newly planted aquaponic system.
          A fully blooming aquapoic system.
          A thriving aquaponic system.

          NxT Resources:​

          TigerMountain Foundation(TMF)

          TMFis a Phoenix-based nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower communities to better themselves through cultivating gardens.  ​

           

          A little boy stands in front of a TMF raised garden bed proudly displaying his harvest of kale.
          A program participant harvests carrots from her TMF garden bed. A blue container containing two harvested vegetables sits nearby.

          TMF Resources:

          Materials for Reference:

          Contact Us

          For any inquiries, please contact phxfood@phoenix.gov or call 602-262-6347.

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