Unity Tower Community Garden

At A Glance

Location: 

Boston, Massachusetts

Primary Issue Area:

  • Food

Active since:

1982

Grants Received In:

  • 2009

Core volunteers:

3

Community Size:

636,479

Our Purpose

to cultivate a 16-plot garden tended primarily by low-income and elderly Asian gardeners from the Boston Housing Authority-owned Unity Tower.

Summary of Projects

Unity Tower Community Garden received a grant in 2009 to improve the garden while fostering a sense of community for gardeners by: buying chairs for the patio, installing window boxes and planters filled with annual plants, paving the area around the shed with patio stones, and buying needed maintenance supplies.