About THe Garden
Built and maintained 100% by volunteers, the Emerson Avenue Community Garden (EACGC) offers a sustainable, organic green space for growth and enrichment in Los Angeles' Westchester neighborhood.
In 2011, a group of dedicated volunteers took a derelict piece of land in Los Angeles’ Westchester Neighborhood and began a labor of love that gradually transformed it into a thriving, bountiful green space that brings a special sense of enjoyment to our entire community.
Our Garden's reach is incredibly wide and deep in the community.
On any given day, you'll not only find plot holders diligently tending to their gardens but also:
Toddlers attending story time & weekly drum circles
Seniors showing up for tours
Neighbors at our annual pancake breakfast
Boy Scouts using the garden for projects & activities
Families enjoying our summer movie nights
Students at WISH Charter & Wright STEAM Middle School
College groups from LMU, UCLA, OTIS & USC
Gardeners taking advantage of classes & workshops
Volunteers donating time & energy to help our garden grow.
Our Future
The garden is at a critical stage of it’s existence, under a Joint Use Agreement with LAUSD that provides more permanent access to the site for a specified term of five years, allowing us to pursue our long term buildout plans.
Those plans entail re-grading the entire property for proper drainage, moving and redesigning the entrance to be ADA compliant along with wheelchair accessible pathways throughout, adding permanent headers to the plots, and other smaller but important improvements -- all towards creating a more park-like setting for people of all abilities in our community to enjoy.
Your Support
Your contribution helps sustain the ongoing needs of maintaining the garden, including the upkeep and occasional replacement of tools and other supplies, paying for critical outside services such as tree trimming, and variable expenses such as water, electricity and event signage – along with supporting our buildout plans.
"Build a Garden.
Grow a Community.”
– The Emerson Avenue Community Garden