American Community Gardening Association

06/04/2026

Join us for a Rooftop Affair featuring

Happening June 5th from 6 PM - 8:30 PM at the Central Arkansas Main Library, 100 South Rock Street, Little Rock, AR 72201.

Scan QR code for details.

06/01/2026

STAY CONNECTED

Download and use the Whova app during your time here. It will be your go-to resource for the agenda, session updates, networking opportunities, and important announcements throughout the conference.

Be sure to log in, complete your profile, and start connecting with fellow attendees.

Check out the link in our bio to download the app.

05/15/2026

The American Community Gardening Association invites growers, organizers, educators, and advocates from across the country to come together for four powerful days of learning, connection, and inspiration 🌱 . Please share with your community of growers.

✨ Pathways to Food Security: Localizing Solutions
📍 Little Rock, Arkansas
📅 June 4–7, 2026

⏳ Registration Deadline: May 15, 2026

👉 This is your moment — don’t wait. Rates increase dramatically, and space is limited.

🔒Secure your spot and be part of the movement transforming communities through food and gardening 💚

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05/12/2026

Excited for our Conference!

Meet our Keynote Speakers!

🌻Kendell Rae Johnson -

Kendall Rae Johnson is an inspiring young urban farmer, educator, and sustainability advocate from Atlanta, Georgia. At just seven years old, she became Georgia’s youngest certified farmer after discovering her love for gardening alongside her great-grandmother, Laura “Kate” Williams. Today, Kendall Rae is part of the family farm - aGROWKulture Urban Farm - where she helps teach youth and families about growing food, sustainability, and healthy living through hands-on learning and community engagement. Her passion for agriculture, entrepreneurship, and empowering young people has made her a nationally recognized voice for the next generation of growers and changemakers.

🌱Dr. Brandon Cosby

Dr. Brandon D. Cosby is a dedicated community leader, educator, and advocate serving as CEO of Flanner House of Indianapolis, Indiana’s oldest community service agency for the Black community. Passionate about food justice, education, and community wellness, he founded several transformative initiatives, including Flanner Farms — Indianapolis’ largest urban farm — along with Cleo’s Bodega Grocery and Café, Morningstar Mental Health Services, and the Ujamaa Community Bookstore. Through his leadership, Dr. Cosby continues to empower individuals and strengthen communities through innovation, opportunity, and service.

Visit our website www.communitygarden.org for more information, or click the link in our bio.

05/06/2026

🚨 URGENT 🚨

NOW just $150 — jumps to $500 on May 16, 2026 😳
ACGA National Conference
✨ Pathways to Food Security: Localizing Solutions
📍 Little Rock, Arkansas
📅 June 4–7, 2026
Don’t wait. Be part of the movement 🌱

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04/22/2026

Little Rock 2026 ACGA National Conference registration is NOW just $150 — but starting May 2, 2026, the cost jumps to $500 😳

🌟 Bonus Opportunity: Stay an extra night on us with a room stipend! Complete the stipend form (QR code in previous post or visit our website!)

The American Community Gardening Association invites growers, organizers, educators, and advocates from across the country to come together for four powerful days of learning, connection, and inspiration 🌱 . Please share with your community of growers.

✨ Pathways to Food Security: Localizing Solutions
📍 Little Rock, Arkansas
📅 June 4–7, 2026

⏳ Registration Deadline: May 1, 2026

👉 This is your moment — don’t wait. Rates increase dramatically, and space is limited.

Secure your spot and be part of the movement transforming communities through food and gardening 💚

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04/13/2026

Stay an extra night on us! 🛏️


The American Community Gardening Association is offering a limited number of one-night travel stipends for guests staying at the Marriott Little Rock Conference Center.

Book your stay with the conference room rate between June 3rd and June 7th, 2026 to be eligible for the stipend.

The stipend is available on a first-come, first-served basis, so act fast to secure your free night! Scan the QR code to apply and for more information.
CommunityGardening

04/08/2026

With Mother's Day Planning a Foot-

THE NIGHT FEEDING SCHEDULE NOBODY SEES.

Between midnight and five AM, there are parents in your neighborhood making deliveries on a schedule more demanding than a newborn human's.

GREAT HORNED OWL FATHER: Hunts from dusk to dawn. Delivers two to five prey items to the nest per night. She tears each one into pieces small enough for chicks that weigh less than two ounces. He hunts rabbits, rats, mice, skunks, and smaller birds. He doesn't eat until she and the chicks are fed. Average delivery interval: every two to three hours.

RED FOX FATHER: Brings food to the den entrance at roughly two AM and again at four AM. He does not enter the den — she retrieves it. Typical delivery: a vole, a mouse, or a cached rabbit haunch. He buried surplus food in November. He's digging it up now. She's underground nursing four kits every three hours and eating between sessions.

RACCOON MOTHER: Solo. She leaves the den at midnight, forages for ninety minutes, returns. Leaves again at three AM, forages for sixty minutes, returns. She nurses the kits between trips. She's losing weight. There is no second parent. He left after mating.

OPOSSUM MOTHER: Doesn't make deliveries. The young are in her pouch, attached to ni***es, receiving milk continuously as she moves. She forages all night — every calorie she consumes is partially converted to milk for eight pouch young. She eats fallen fruit, insects, carrion, cat food left on porches, and garbage. She is a walking nursery.

COTTONTAIL: One visit. Between midnight and five AM. Three to four minutes. She uncovers the nest, nurses five kits with milk that is roughly fourteen percent fat — about four times richer than cow's milk, re-covers them, and vanishes. One visit. That's the entire parenting schedule for the night.

🌿 What this means:

- If you hear thumping on your roof at two AM — the owl just landed with a mouse
- If your trash was disturbed at three AM — a nursing raccoon needed the calories
- The cottontail nest in your lawn received its only visit of the day while you slept

The busiest parents in your neighborhood work a shift you never see. 🌿

03/31/2026

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01/12/2026

Good Times, Remembering past conferences, Chicago, NOLA, Houston, Connecticut, to name a few... even virtual :) Ramping up for Little Rock, AR