Community gardens are vital members of communities throughout the United States. They enhance community pride, provide living classrooms, add neighborhood beauty, and often provide food for the needy. Community gardens are found in urban and suburban communities. These neighborhood gardens have been hugely successful, instilling pride and beauty throughout many urban neighborhoods. The Trenton experience has proven that community gardens are very important additions to the urban landscape.
Isles holds fund raisers and receives contributions from local residents and companies.
In Olympia, Washington, the Sister Holly Community Garden Project operates several community gardens, with different focusses. One flourishing garden provides more than 40 pounds per week of organically grown produce to a local food bank. Sister Holly is also planning a wheel chair accessible and a senior citizen friendly garden. In South Austin, Texas, the Salvation Army sponsors the South Austin Community Garden. Produce from the Garden is provided for use in the Salvation Army's soup kitchen.