Green Corn Project will install a 4’ by 4’ herb garden in your backyard, using a biointensive, “double-dig” method that gives you maximum yield with minimal maintenance. The biointensive method is used by Green Corn Project, an Austin organization in which volunteers dig food gardens for Austinites in need of access to fresh organic vegetables. We teach our gardeners to continue growing their own food in the gardens Green Corn Project installs in backyards, schoolyards, and community centers.

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Green Corn Project (GCP) is a grassroots, volunteer-run organization dedicated to helping Central Texans in need grow their own organic vegetables. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit, GCP installs organic food gardens for elderly, low-income, and disabled community members as well as for elementary schools, community centers, and shelters in underserved areas of Austin. We turn unused land into garden beds that provide food, education, and a sense of accomplishment and pride for all involved in their creation and maintenance.

Since 1998 GCP has helped more than 160 gardeners and their families claim—or reclaim—their gardening dreams. Our goal is to create lifelong gardeners, so we actively support our gardeners for two years through four growing seasons. Because we return to refurbish those beds for a total of four seasons, we have actually planted more than 640 seasonal gardens.

Our Mission: To educate and assist Central Texans in growing organic food gardens

Our Vision: That Central Texans have nutritious, affordable food grown in ways that conserve natural resources, promote self-reliance, and strengthen communities.