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March-May

Spring Transplanting

Each spring, from March through May, we gather on Tuesdays at the Concordia Greenhouse to begin the growing season. We start seeds, care for young seedlings, and transplant them as they’re ready.

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August-october

The Market

Come check out our fresh and affordable produce available at our Tuesday Market. The Market runs from the first week in August to the first week in October. Join us from 12:00pm–4:00pm at Gethsemane Cathedral in Fargo. Learn more about the Market

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September

Tomato Tasting Contest

Each spring, over 500 varieties of tomatoes are grown and cared for. In September, we gather to celebrate the harvest, sharing and tasting the season’s tomatoes together in a friendly community contest.

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January-March

Last Tuesdays

On the last Tuesday of each month from January to March, we gather at the Fargo Public Library to stay connected through the winter season. These meetings are a space to share presentations about tomatoes, preservation, flowers, herbs, and other specialty topics. 

Community Garden Events

We gather throughout the year to work, learn, and plan together as the garden grows. Explore upcoming events to stay involved and see what’s coming next.

In the News

Interview

May 25th, 2026 by Meadowlark Informer

Jack Wood – Community Spotlight

If I've said it once, I'll say it a thousand times - food is the experience that binds us as a family, as a community, as a society. There is nothing that feels more genuine in care than feeding the people around you or helping them feed themselves. For Jack Wood and his team of over 350 volunteers, including their very own "Bob-the-Builder" that can build...

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March 11th, 2023 by Don Kinzler

Throughout the garden season, volunteers meet weekly in groups at their specific garden to perform tasks that need to be completed. Members share the work and share the harvest. Nothing says community like a potluck. And a potluck meal is exactly how Growing Together...

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August 23rd, 2022 by Kevin Wallevand

With prices up at the grocery stores, one of the most popular nonprofits in town is community gardens. One of the big jackpots of our Midwest summers is the harvest, and it's been a good year for gardens. With prices up at the grocery stores, one of the most popular nonprofits in town is spreading community...

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April 9th, 2022 by Don Kinzler

Gardening columnist Don Kinzler says the unique model of community gardens in this Fargo-based program has attracted national and worldwide attention.  The Growing Together Community Gardens in Fargo aren’t your run-of-the-mill public vegetable gardens. The award...

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September 9th, 2021 by Sue Balcom

Jack Wood, co-founder of the Growing Together Community Gardens in Fargo has won the RCA Magic Hero Award for his community service. He joins us to discuss the gardening ministry he started in 2006 as a way to provide a safe place for New Americans to make new friends while growing food and relationships...

High plains Reader

May 18th, 2021 by Annie Prafcke

Growing Together Opens a New Garden

On April 15th, Growing Together held a groundbreaking for the opening of its newest gardens at Gethsemane Cathedral. The space, which consists of two plots, is Growing Together’s seventh garden location in Fargo. Run by volunteers and focused on supporting New Americans, Growing Together offers opportunitie...

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April 15th, 2021 by Jessica Backlund

Growing Together breaks ground on seventh community garden

Growing Together allows people to volunteer in exchange for fresh and organic produce. All volunteers split the fresh produce among themselves. If you like to garden you're in luck. Growing Together community garden had it's seventh ground breaking today. Growing Together...

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April 10th, 2021 by Don Kinzler

Share the work, share the harvest with Fargo's Growing Together Community Gardens

In today's "Growing Together" column, Don Kinzler explains the concept of the unique gardening program now celebrating its 15th anniversary. In today's "Growing Together" column, Don Kinzler explains the concept of the unique gardening program now celebrating its 15th anniversary...

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September 28th, 2016 by Jack Wood

Each person can make a difference in this world

Growing Together, a community garden ministry started in 2006 with eight families has grown to an organization which serves over 200 families who work and share together. In 2015 the self-sustaining gardens produced over 46,000 pounds of produce. The key to this success has been the building of the volunteer team...

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January 19th, 2025 by Duke Gomez-Schempp

Growing Together Community Garden MLK 2015 Group Award Winner

They wanted to start a garden with new americans but they didn't really know a lot about gardening. So they said I'm going to call my friend Jack and so it was 10:30 at night and I got his call from Tom and he said how would you like to help me...

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Ready to Grow with Us?

Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced gardener, our gardens welcome everyone to dig in, share in the harvest, and grow together.

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