The executive cabinet is currently working with Physical Plant, Denver Urban Gardens, and local neighbors and businesses to establish a community garden on the Lowell campus. The plot of land is on 53rd and Lowell, just north of parking lot 4.

What is a Community Garden?
A community garden is a piece of land that is gardened by members of a community. Typically, the land is divided into multiple sections and certain individuals are responsible for the maintenance of their assigned piece of land.

Reasons for a Community Garden
A community garden promotes responsibility and a greater appreciation for the earth in which we live. It fosters community by building and improving relationships among students, faculty, and staff at Regis, as well as residents in the surrounding neighborhood. Growing vegetables, flowers and plants locally promotes environmental sustainability by eliminating carbon that is emitted from transportation.

The presence of a community garden on campus would also improve academia, as many departments on campus hope to implement the use of the garden into course curriculum, including the departments of Biology, Peace and Justice, Sociology, Communications, Environmental Studies, and University Ministry.

Other Jesuit schools, including Seattle University and Santa Clara University, have already developed successful community gardens on their campuses.

Want to help out?

For this project to succeed it is crucial to have student help and involvement.  Information meetings are taking place on Monday 10/26, Wednesday 10/28 in the Conference Center and Thursday 10/29 in the ALC Amphitheatre all at 5:30pm.  If you would like to obtain a plot, you must complete the garden survey by November 6th.  Click here to fill it out now. 

If you have any further questions or comments, please contact Director of Sustainability gina graziano at grazi238@regis.edu