June 4 - June 7, 2026 I Little Rock, AR
2026 National Conference
“Pathways to Food Security: Localizing Solutions”
Join your fellow community gardeners, educators, and advocates.
American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) annual conference highlights ACGA's grassroots efforts to empower, build, enhance and sustain gardens through education and collaboration. The annual conference brings together diverse voices, ideas, and practices that strengthen the role of community gardens in advancing food security, health, and garden sustainability.
About ACGA
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Registration is now open!
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Little Rock Marriott Hotel
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Grow Knowledge.
Build Community.
Secure Food Futures.
Build Community.
Secure Food Futures.
About the American Community Gardening Association
The American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) is a grassroots non-profit advocacy organization focused on community gardening. Our mission is to build community by increasing and enhancing community gardening and greening across the United States and Canada.
With over 1,000 individual and 252 organizational members, we link 2100 gardens across Canada and the US, ranging from family allotments to tiny pollinator pocket parks, and from school gardens to urban farms. Our proudly diverse membership includes active community gardeners, supportive volunteers, garden organizing and sponsoring organizations, governmental agencies, and horticultural professionals including teachers, horticultural therapists, Cooperative Extension agents, landscape architects, and academic researchers.
Founded in Chicago in 1979, ACGA is registered as a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Since 2014, Atlanta, Georgia, has been home to our offices. We are happy to share organizational and financial information with members, donors and funders. Recent IRS filings are available at www.guidestar.org.
With over 1,000 individual and 252 organizational members, we link 2100 gardens across Canada and the US, ranging from family allotments to tiny pollinator pocket parks, and from school gardens to urban farms. Our proudly diverse membership includes active community gardeners, supportive volunteers, garden organizing and sponsoring organizations, governmental agencies, and horticultural professionals including teachers, horticultural therapists, Cooperative Extension agents, landscape architects, and academic researchers.
Founded in Chicago in 1979, ACGA is registered as a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Since 2014, Atlanta, Georgia, has been home to our offices. We are happy to share organizational and financial information with members, donors and funders. Recent IRS filings are available at www.guidestar.org.
Location
Little Rock Marriott Hotel
3 Statehouse Plaza Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
3 Statehouse Plaza Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Date & Time
June 4, 2026, 9:00 AM - June 7, 2026, 3:30 PM
Powered by Community.
Grown for Everyone.
Grown for Everyone.
Why Community Gardens Matter
Dark Hollow Community Gardener, Belinda Burney, has assisted in bringing the garden back to a productive state where it can now benefit nearby residents. The revitalization of the garden did not happen overnight. With the help of Jeff Titus, employee of the Neighborhood Services with the City of North Little, AR, and several community workers took their time and hard work to develop the garden into a thriving and producing part of the community! All produce grown is available to anyone in the Dark Hollow community.
“The most enjoyable part of the conference for me was visiting all the unique community gardens, especially how the gardens have created green spaces within an urban community. Each garden that I visited was unique to its neighborhood.” - Earnestine Hatley, Community Family Enrichment Center Community Garden, Arkadelphia, Arkansas
A Community Rooted in Action
This year, our vision is to increase awareness of the utility of sustainable community gardens as solutions to eliminate food insecurity and prevent chronic diseases and related deaths. Community gardens can increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables and serve as pathways to physical, mental, spiritual and social wellbeing. Community gardens give voice to communities to solve food insecurity at the local levels
Past ACGA Conferences