Civic Gardener Development Training

Interested in growing food where you are? Whether you’re a backyard gardener or a community gardener, no matter your level of experience, attending the CGC’s Civic Gardener Development Training (CGDT) is the first step!

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A group of people works together to plant new garden beds.
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Sitting outdoors, several people watch while a garden construction technique is demonstrated.
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The Details

CGDT runs for 11 sessions from January through April and is free to anyone interested. Topics the training covers include seed starting, regenerative agriculture, funding your garden project, integrated pest management, construction techniques and more. The series ends with a practicum. See the 2025 syllabus here.

Those who attend this training to become vegetable garden coordinators / managers and meet site and program requirements are eligible to register their garden sites in our network.

How to Register

Registrations for 2025 are closed. Registrations for 2026 will open at the end of the year. You can sign up here if you’d like to be notified:

Questions? Reach out to Kymisha Montgomery: kmontgomery@civicgardencenter.org

CGDT is sponsored in part by the Meshewa Farm Foundation.