Learn more about Grow a Garden below and stay tuned early 2025 to order your kit.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Advance registration Grow a Garden kits for 2024 are SOLD OUT! But it’s not too late to get a Grow a Garden kit this season!
All 18 community distribution centers will have a limited number of kits available for walk-up orders the week of May 13th. Most centers will also have leftover plants after their last pick-up hours.
DUG’s Grow a Garden program connects individuals and community groups* to seeds, seedlings, and education to get growing at home or in a DUG garden.
Our goal is to increase access to gardening for all!
We make it easy for new gardeners to learn new skills while removing financial barriers to growing healthy, organic food. The Grow a Garden program is for anyone who wants to connect to their food and the earth.
*Group applications are for those applying on behalf of groups such as schools, classrooms, educational, human service or faith-based organizations and community garden donation plots.
How To Participate in Grow a Garden:
1) Select a Grow a Garden Kit from the options below
All seeds are non-GMO + organic from Botanical Interests and all seedlings are organic and grown through Blooma Farms. Please note that some substitutions may be necessary, so the kit you order may differ slightly from the kit contents shown below.
To increase the size of this program to serve more Denver families, custom orders are no longer available for individual households. Please come to DUG’s annual Spring Plant Sale for individual varieties. We still offer custom orders for large groups, especially classrooms and human services organizations. Please email growagarden@dug.org to design a custom order for a large group (5 or more kits).
All Garden Kits come with a Plant Care Guide that includes sample layouts for planting.
SALSA
GARDEN KIT
SEEDLINGS
- 4 Marigold
- 2 Amish Paste Tomato
- 2 Jalepeño Pepper
- 2 Toma Verde Tomatillo
- 2 Walla Walla Onion
SEED PACKETS
- 1 Cilantro
- 1 Corn
- 1 Green Onions
- 1 Cosmo
PIZZA
GARDEN KIT
SEEDLINGS
- 4 Marigold
- 2 San Marzano Tomato
- 2 Genovese Basil
- 2 Sweet Banana Pepper
- 1 Oregano
- 1 Thyme
SEED PACKETS
- 1 Pumpkin
- 1 Corn
- 1 Spinach
- 1 Summer Squash
EPIC SALAD
GARDEN KIT
SEEDLINGS
- 6 Buttercrunch Lettuce
- 4 Viola
- 2 Vates Kale
- 2 Lemon Cucumber
- 2 Sweet 100 Tomato
- 1 Jewel Mix Nasturtium
SEED PACKETS
- 1 Chive
- 1 Spinach
- 1 Beet
- 1 Carrot
FRY + FERMENT
GARDEN KIT
SEEDLINGS
- 4 Petunia
- 2 Collard
- 2 Walla Walla Onion
- 2 Golden Acre Cabbage
- 1 Brandywine Tomato
- 1 Dill
SEED PACKETS
- 1 Okra
- 1 Bean
- 1 Carrot
- 1 Beet
ASIAN
GARDEN KIT
SEEDLINGS
- 4 Petunia
- 2 Thai Basil
- 2 Asian Delite Eggplant
- 2 Red Thai Pepper
- 2 Green Magic Broccoli
SEED PACKETS
- 1 Zucchini
- 1 Bok Choy
- 1 Snap Pea
- 1 Carrot
- 1 Cilantro
2) Select your preferred pick-up location
We partner with 18 local organizations to meet our participants in the areas they work and live. Check out the map to find a Grow a Garden pick-up location near you.
Distribution week for all Grow a Garden Kits happen in mid-May. All kits must be picked up during this timeframe.
3) Pay what you can with our sliding-scale pricing
In order to make the program accessible to all, participants choose what they can afford to pay using our sliding scale as a guide. Please choose what’s right for you to pay, including $0.
With special thanks to this year’s Grow a Garden sponsors, UNFI Foundation and Healthy Food for Denver’s Kids Commission (HFDK Commission) administered by the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment (DDPHE).
Grow in Community With Us.
Connect with the community in DUG Online, where gardeners, students, educators, and activists meet and learn from one another.
Additionally, grow your skills with monthly virtual Q + A sessions with Senior Education Specialist Judy Elliot, and explore our Gardening Resources to help you grow your skills as you grow your garden.
