We invite you to join Georgina Griffith-Yates, Executive Director, under the pergola for conversation and light refreshments from Tea Zaanti at Wasatch Community Gardens' Campus (620 E 800 S). Drop in at any time from 4:30-6:30pm on select days in June and July! (See below.)

Learn more about Georgina's visionary plans for the future of Wasatch Community Gardens, our Five Year Growth Plan Campaign, and the opportunity to triple your gift to the organization, thanks to a 2:1, $2 million challenge grant from Alternative Visions Fund. 

To keep these garden gatherings small and intimate (we have limited each date to 20 guests) please choose a date from the options below, and RSVP by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or call her at 801 810 7238.

• Monday, June 5
• Tuesday, June 13
• Thursday, July 6
• Wednesday, July 19
• Thursday, July 27
• Monday, July 31

Youth Educator

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"We want to ensure that Wasatch Community Gardens isn't the only source for gardening in Salt Lake and we don't want to take over gardens. We're happy to provide support, but we really believe that it takes a diverse group of gardens and management of gardens to fulfill the needs and the demands of our communities and cities, [said Wasatch Community Gardens' Executive Director Georgina Griffith-Yates]."

Learn about Og-Woi People's Orchard and Garden and Wasatch Community Gardens' role in supporting this emerging and important community garden. Click here to read the full article, "Residents fight to save a community garden on Salt Lake City's west side," published by ksl.com.

As a dedicated supporter and partner of Wasatch Community Gardens (WCG), you are invited to join us for a special City Farm Pre-Sale on Wednesday, May 7 between 3:30 and 6 PM at the new Wasatch Community Gardens' City Farm on 1300 South. This is an opportunity to get early access to seedlings grown by WCG ahead of the Pals of the Plant Sale (PoPS) Night on Friday night, May 9, and bustling main Spring Plant Sale on Saturday, May 10. The City Farm Pre-Sale is a by-invitation event for a very limited number of people including our Director's Circle Blossom level and above, Golden Tomato Society members, and Sponsors at the Cherry Tomato level and above. Along with picking out your seedlings, you'll enjoy delicious refreshments, speak with WCG experts, and meet our board and staff.

This event is free to attend but please register to reserve a timed shopping window so we can ensure you can peruse and select your annual veggie seedlings and edible perennials with ease. Each shopping window is 30 minutes long (not including check-out or socializing) and capped at 30 people. Please note, annual flowers, some herbs, and compost will not be available for sale at this event. These items will be available at the Friday PoPS Night and Saturday Spring Plant Sale.

To RSVP, start by selecting a shopping window link below. If that option is already fully booked, try a link for another shopping window starting between 3: 30 and 5:30 PM. Please register all guests and contact Hannah Whitney if you'd like to invite guests outside your immediate members of your household or business, and if you have questions about qualifying for the City Farm Pre-Sale. For questions about Sponsorship levels and benefits, contact Alicia Ryans.

Deadline for registration to attend is Monday, May 5, 2025. 

Thank you!

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Community Garden Partnership Coordinator

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Parks for Produce Program Manager

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Organic fruit tree care involves a multi-pronged approach to maintain tree health and prevent and manage common pests and diseases.  This document compiles a vast amount of information into an easy-to-follow weekly calendar for the following types of fruit trees:  apple, pear, Asian pear, peach, nectarine, nectaplum, plum, pluot, and aprium.  

Preventative and management treatments include dormant and horticultural oil, BT, spinosad, sulfur, neem, and copper.  Diseases and pests being managed include Coryneum Blight, codling moth, aphids, Greater Peach Tree Borer, and Peach Twig Borer. Included on the chart are pruning and fertilizing prompts as well as routine checks for Fire blight, powdery mildew, and Cytospora canker.

Note that cherry tree management is not included in this document.  

Network Director, Utah Farmers Market Network
Cofounder, Utah Food Coalition; Save Our Great Salt Lake

Environmental & Sustainability Studies Professor, University of Utah
Director, SPARC Environmental Justice Lab

"The Coconut Hut is tucked away in a greenhouse at the Green Phoenix Farm, just west of downtown Salt Lake City. It provides what Courtney 'Coco' Giles calls 'survival gear' for people living on the streets this winter.

Tables are set up in a semicircle and people come in to pick up sleeping bags that guarantee warmth to 0 degrees. There are hygiene kits, warm clothes and hand sanitizer to burn for warmth.

The goal is to make sure 'that our unsheltered folks who are either not able to go into a shelter for whatever reason, or if they don’t want to go into a shelter, have everything they need to survive for a night,'” Giles explained. 'If they make it through the night and their things get taken by an abatement or the police the next day they can come and get the exact same things.'"

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"Giles is an advocate for Wasatch Community Gardens Green Phoenix Farm’s “Green Team.” Through her work with that program, she spends a lot of time driving around Salt Lake City, getting to know unsheltered individuals and helping them navigate the labyrinth of social services.

The farm is just a few blocks northwest of the Rio Grande Depot, where other social services are offered, and focuses on helping unsheltered women through job training and mentorship. Graduates of the Green Phoenix Farm’s program also volunteer at the Coconut Hut."

Click here to read the full article, "This greenhouse full of survival gear turned into a community space for Utahns experiencing homelessness," published by The Salt Lake Tribune.