Garden Social Community Impact

08/30/2025

Join Us as a Volunteer at Garden Social Community Impact!

Are you interested in making a positive impact in your community? Garden Social Community Impact is dedicated to making botanical education and hands-on gardening more accessible for everyone within our community. As a volunteer, you’ll find opportunities to help share learning materials, grow low water use trees for conservation, distribute free resources, help host events, engage with youth education, aid in nurturing our vibrant urban garden and beyond!

We welcome volunteers of all experience levels. Your support will help to promote environmental sustainability, community awareness, waste reduction, and water conservation throughout the City of Maricopa and beyond.

Due to the nature of our work, Garden Social Community Impact volunteers will have the unique opportunity to gain valuable experience through working with various agricultural industries and education providers throughout the region, a great opportunity for students and horticulture enthusiasts!

Join us by signing up to volunteer—be part of our growing movement for a greener future! Message us or use the link below to apply.

Volunteer Application: https://www.smartsurvey.com/s/16SL15/

08/13/2025

More Sunflower Seed Kits have been dropped off at the Maricopa Library & Cultural Center tonight!

To be respectful of the counter space available for other resources, we leave a limited amount for the community, which we will keep restocked throughout the season.

These can be found in the printer room, just behind the front counter.

We will always have many more free seed kits at our garden, available each Saturday from 7am to 2pm, along with horticulture coloring pages, a seed-share library, and other free activities for local children to enjoy!

Grown with Passion - Rooted in Community!

- Austin 🌿

07/18/2025

Plant publications, watering guides and helpful learning resources can now be found and digitally accessed through our website!

https://gardensocialaz.com/resources/

Can't make it down to Garden Social during our Saturday hours to pick up a physical copy? No worries! We now have you covered with quick and easy access through our website.

Keep an eye out for updates! As we continue to expand our network of helpful resources, new content will be added to this page.

- Austin 🌿

Through Garden Social Community Impact, we are committed to providing our local community with access to free plant publications, watering guides and informative literature that helps to simplify g…

07/06/2025

Dont forget to pick up a FREE sunflower seed germination kit from our garden, made available by our incredible volunteers here at Garden Social Community Impact.

We are available each Saturday from 7am to 2pm at Garden Social - 45030 W Edwards Ave Maricopa AZ 85139

In addition to free sunflower seeds, we are also working to provide the community with access to free guides, illustrated gardening books for all ages, a 'Seed Share Bank', and more!

If you would like to help with this project, please consider checking out our online book registry below, all books donated will support 'The Garden Library', which will make educational books available to visitors to learn valuable subjects entirely free.

The Garden Library Registry:

https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/2IWXOAGJRTO0I?ref_=cm_sw_r_apann_ggr-subnav-share_EMJ00XR8YY6HHD7C8N8Q&language=en-US

Additionally, if you would like to donate toward the development of any of our other unique programs, please feel free to follow the link below:

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=4YPM2C4YHU3MA

Thank you! 🌿

06/27/2025

To aid in Garden Social's mission to impact our local community and make hands-on engagement with agriculture more accessible, we have put together a 5 initial funding programs that outline our main objectives:

1) Low Water Use FREE Tree Program

Detail: This fund will be utilized to acquire pots through sustainable sourcing (recycled sources, community donations, and purchasing as-needed), including the acquisition of the necessary soil, amendments, shade and other necessities to grow trees that will eventually be planted for free throughout the community.

2) The Garden Library

Detail: This fund will help to source valuable plant literature for garden visitors to enjoy and learn from, ranging from introductory children's publications, to illustrated guides, detailed subjects and more. The fund will primarily run through a registry, but donors may also elect to donate physical books or a monetary value to be dedicated toward the program.

THE GARDEN LIBRARY REGISTRY LINK:
https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/2IWXOAGJRTO0I?ref_=cm_sw_r_apann_ggr-subnav-share_TRVYJW7ZW4YVZFBXSVJE&language=en-US

3) Garden Extension Program

Detail: This fund aims to build sustainable garden beds and agricultural infrastructure throughout the community in schools, daycares, businesses and public space, increasing the visibility and overall community exposure to hands-on agriculture. The fund will be used for materials, including lumber, blocks, soil, ammendments and seeds.

4) Educational Learning Resource Fund

Detail: This fund will help to acquire and print valuable resources for the community, including plant publications, watering guides, pamphlets, and other free take-home materials that may contribute toward water conservation, garden efficiency and making informed water-concious landscape decisions.

5) Hands-on Engagement Fund

Detail: This fund will cover the purchase of event materials for FREE engaging in-person and take-home activities, including singular events and extended after-school programs. Material examples include: paint, markers, paper, printed materials, seating, seed kits, bird seed, animal feed and other various essential supplies.

If you would like to contribute toward any of these funds, please feel free to select the link below.

DONATE LINK:
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=4YPM2C4YHU3MA

Additionally, supply donations are very appreciated! If you have any of the aforementioned items that you would like to donate, please message us directly!

Please also consider sharing, commenting or liking this post, help us get the word out about our incredible mission!

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06/27/2025

Garden Social Community Impact is a nonprofit organization rooted in the heart of the City
of Maricopa, Arizona.

Formed with a singular vision—to expand community access to hands-on agriculture and environmental education—the organization stands as a dynamic force for positive change, working in direct coordination with Garden Social AZ LLC, a
renowned nursery and garden center.

Through innovative partnerships, purposeful
programming, and a steadfast commitment to sustainability, Garden Social Community
Impact is transforming the ways in which residents of Maricopa engage with the land, their
neighbors, and the environment.

Our mission at Garden Social Community Impact is to cultivate a thriving, resilient, and
environmentally conscious community by increasing access to hands-on agricultural
experiences, fostering environmental stewardship, and empowering individuals of all ages
to grow, learn, and connect.

We believe that communities flourish when people are given the knowledge, tools, and opportunities to engage with agriculture—reconnecting them
with the land, their food, and each other.

Our organizational slogan, ‘Grown with passion,
rooted in community,’ is more than just words—it is the living, breathing ethos that drives
every project, partnership, and initiative we undertake.

At Garden Social Community Impact, we believe that the health of our community is inseparable from the health of our land.

In an era of rapid development—where native
landscapes are increasingly replaced by concrete and asphalt, and generational knowledge of gardening risks being lost—we are more committed than ever to reconnecting people with nature, food, and each other.

By championing hands-on agriculture, sustainability, education, and collaboration, we strive to ensure that Maricopa not only survives but thrives—today and for generations to come.

‘Grown with passion, rooted in community’ is not simply our slogan; it is the guiding principle behind every seed we plant, every garden we build, and every partnership we forge.

Together, we are cultivating a community where all are empowered to grow, learn, and flourish.

- Austin Lynn
President // Garden Social Community Impact 🌿