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Moab, UT
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project provided 25 kneepads to aid the Youth Garden Project's 250 volunteers.
Indianapolis, IN
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2021
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: Indianapolis' Far Eastside neighborhood needed accessible, public green space. Keep Indianapolis Beautiful partnered with the Community Alliance of the Far Eastside to transform a vacant lot into a community orchard with native shade trees, benches, accessible pathways, nature play space and public art. The orchard and green space, which are adjacent to a community center, also feature raised garden beds, fruit trees, native shrubs and more than 700 native perennial plants. Educational signage informs visitors about the benefits of playing in nature and the role of native plants.
North Las Vegas, NV
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will revitalize a community garden, which is overdue for needed repairs, by creating wheelchair access and updating water lines.
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Chesapeake, VA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project installed various equipment and features to a community garden, including raised-bed boxes, planter benches, a modular trellis system, an outdoor sink and a rain barrel.
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