Topeka Common Ground is an all volunteer, non-profit organization that coordinates community garden resources for social service agencies, community centers, non-profits, and individual community members in Topeka, KS. Topeka Common Ground recruits volunteers to work at the various garden locations and after-school programs at community centers throughout Topeka. Topeka Common Ground either provides directly for, or seeks out donations of tools and supplies, at most of our gardens.
Children are an important asset in building stability in our future.This is why we also focus on afterschool gardening education programs at three community centers. We feel it is important to engage children in team-working activities where they can take ownership and responsibility for their garden plots. The rewards of their labor are realized almost immediately. They can take home organic food they themselves have grown. They learn important gardening skills they can take with them into their future.
We strive to facilitate a healthy food culture and positive community activism for people of all dempgraphics in Topeka by building relationships between knowlegeable gardeners and those with the desire to learn and improve their own lives and the world around them one seed at a time!