Friends of Portland Community Gardens

Mission

Friends of Portland Community Gardens supports and expands community gardening opportunities for all Portland-area residents to grow healthy food and build community.  

Bottom Line

Portland's community gardens give residents opportunities to grow food for their families and neighbors. Portland Parks & Recreation operates 60 gardens across the city, serving gardeners who speak more than 100 languages. Through the city's Produce for People program, community gardeners donate more than 27,000 pounds of produce to over 30 food pantries, helping feed Portland families.

The Friends supports the city's community gardens with funding, tools, supplies, mason bee houses and bees, and plant starts, soil, and fertilizer for the Produce for People program. We have also built and funded new community gardens and continue to advocate for and advise the city's many urban gardeners.

In 2026, FPCG gave community gardens $6,000 in gift cards for tools and supplies. Your donation helps gardens thrive across the city. Thank you for your support.

Quote

"Frazer Community Garden's Produce for People (PFP) program provides healthy vegetables and fruit to Hollywood Senior Center's weekly food distributions to low-income seniors in North-east Portland. Essential to our program are the tools and plant starts that Friends of Portland Community Gardens  generously sends our way throughout the year.” - Jeff Wright, Frazer Community Garden

"Friends of Portland Community Garden's donations to our PFP program have reduced the financial burden on volunteers and enabled more gardeners to participate. This important component makes growing vegetables for the PFP program accessible to all." - Marianne Dickinson, Fulton Community Garden

Incentives

Donations of $25 or more will receive a one-year membership to the Friends of Portland Community Gardens, a “Let’s Get Dirty” bumper sticker and coupons for 15% off on a one-time purchase at Portland Nursery and Concentrates, Inc. 

Donations of $300 or more will receive a three-year membership Friends of Portland Community Gardens, receive a Mason Bee house, which includes cocoons, reusable cocoon nesting trays, an intro class on Mason Bees and a cocoon harvesting workshop. 

November 18, Big Garden Day - A $25+ donation to the Friends of Portland Community Gardens will enter you into a drawing to win a $50 gift certificate to Portland Nursery. Your donations will also give you two chances to win a $500 Portland Nursery gift certificate from Give!Guide.

December 1, Giving Tuesday - Donate $25 or more and be entered for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to Portland Nursery. The first and fifth donors will receive a Portland Nursery gift certificate.

December 17, Big Groceries Day - Give $25 or more and be entered for a chance to win a $100 gift certificate from Fred Meyer.  

December 28, Big Books Day - Donate $25 or more and be entered for a chance to win a selection of gardening books. The fifth and last donors will receive books to inspire your next gardening season.

December 30, Big Culture Day – Donate $25 or more and be entered for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to Portland Nursery. Our last donor will receive a Portland Nursery gift certificate.

Partner(s)

Portland Nursery - Portland Nursery has everything you'll need to make your garden and home your favorite destination

Concentrates, Inc. – Organic Agricultural Professionals since 1938, specializing in organic soil amendments, fertilizers, feeds, minerals, and salts.

Fred Meyer - "To Feed the Human Spirit" through fresh food, prescriptions, value, convenience, and community uplift
Portland Parks Foundation - We help people help parks!