Block To Block

Growing Places Indy (GPI) fosters individual, family, and community well-being in Indianapolis through urban agriculture, access to fresh local food, and mind-body education. In its fourth year working with the Love, Tito’s Block to Block program, Growing Places Indy will be able to create 30 additional community garden plots, enhance the farm’s ambience with a new, vibrant mural, and unveil its bicycle farm stand.

The Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance (AHRA) is a collaborative statewide voice advancing equitable solutions to end hunger. For the second year in a row, AHRA is teaming up with the Love, Tito’s Block to Block program to continue making improvements at its Broadway Garden by planting blueberry bushes and fruit trees, seeding raised beds, constructing a food wall, installing a trellis system, building picnic tables, and working on the irrigation systems.

Wasatch Community Gardens (WCG) is on a mission to empower people to grow and eat healthy, organic, and local food. With the support of the Love, Tito’s Block to Block program, WCG will be able to improve its Cannon Greens Urban Farm, establishing a new garden, beautifying the farm site, and constructing spaces and structures that will allow the organization to serve more community members.

Fairmount Park Conservancy works with the City of Philadelphia and its communities to steward parks and nurture shared environments, cultural resources, and public health. Through the ​“Love, Tito’s” Block to Block program, Fairmount Park Conservancy will improve the Carousel House Farm’s ADA accessibility and overall crop production through the addition of elevated garden beds, ramps, mulching, planting, and harvesting of fruits and vegetables.

Fresh Approach​’s mission is to create long-term change in local food systems by connecting its communities to fresh food from California farmers, all while expanding knowledge about food and nutrition. For the first time ever, Fresh Approach is teaming up with the ​“Love, Tito’s” Block to Block program to update its Collective Roots Community Garden by installing drop irrigation for all garden beds, replacing raised beds, creating ten home gardens for installation, and converting select garden beds to be ADA accessible.

Common Good City Farm is dedicated to sustaining and supporting a more equitable community through growing, learning, cooking, and sharing fresh food together. This year, the ​“Love, Tito’s” Block to Block program is helping Common Good City Farm increase its farm’s ability to produce and preserve fresh produce, as well as host its seasonal farmers market, workshops, and community events.

Since its founding in 2009, Grow It Green Morristown works to create sustainable farms and gardens, and educates communities on healthy eating and environmental stewardship. In honor of the nonprofit’s 15 year anniversary, and with the support of the Love, Tito’s Block to Block program, Grow It Green will be able to renovate and expand its Early Street Community Garden by adding new and accessible garden beds while creating a pollinator garden to continue to promote food production and prevent invasive species.

Orange Home Grown​’s mission is to cultivate community and reconnect people to a healthy, sustainable food system. This year, the ​“Love, Tito’s” Block to Block program is supporting Orange Home Grown for the first time, helping to revitalize and enhance its community farm through the installation of a shade structure, as well as the creation of an outdoor culinary kitchen.

The Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust (LANTL) was founded in 2002 to address the city’s park inequities and focus on ensuring communities of color have access to green space. With the support of the Love, Tito’s Block to Block program, the LANTL will be able to add new raised beds, a compost system, benches for seating, and educational signage to its 18-acre property, as well as upgrade its greenhouse and beautify the space.

Tilth Alliance works in community with Washington farmers, gardeners, and eaters to build a sustainable, healthy, and equitable food future. Tilth Alliance is teaming up with the Love, Tito’s Block to Block program to improve the Good Shepherd Center community garden, which welcomes 3,000 visitors a year. Efforts will increase signage to educate visitors on garden features and gardening methods, add additional seating for gathering spaces, install a free seed library to help share resources, repair old, and build new, equipment to support ongoing projects, create new demonstration spaces to show how to grow food in containers, and increase accessibility for community members.

Greenleaf Center’s mission is to cultivate a space for neighbors and friends in Des Moines to gather and grow fresh produce. Through the ​“Love, Tito’s” Block to Block program, Greenleaf Center can bring that vision to life with the creation of garden beds filled with fruit, vegetables, and flower seedlings, as well as the construction of a washing station, compost bin, and picket fence surrounding the garden.

Grow Nashua​’s mission is to create urban vegetable farms in Nashua and use this common ground to empower people to foster relationships in the community. As part of this year’s ​“Love Tito’s” Block to Block program, Grow Nashua will expand its Production Farm with new garden beds and crops, build a Collection Hub for fresh produce distribution, and increase resources for its backyard gardener network.

Keep Phoenix Beautiful​’s mission is to empower Phoenix’s diverse communities and improve overall quality of life. Its vision is to create a vibrant city, where each neighborhood is a healthy, beautiful place to live. With the support of the ​“Love, Tito’s” Block to Block program, Keep Phoenix Beautiful will enhance its community garden by constructing a pergola, installing aquaponics, replacing fencing and a gate, as well as maintaining existing garden beds.

Grassroots Gardens WNY is a dedicated group of community gardeners whose mission is to share knowledge, power, and resources on growing food while strengthening neighborhood connections through community gardens. As part of this year’s ​“Love, Tito’s” Block to Block program, Grassroots Gardens will enhance its Lincoln Memorial Community Garden to ensure that the space remains an inclusive and valuable resource for the community, including creating 20 raised garden beds and installing wheelchair access mats to improve accessibility for gardeners with mobility limitations.

GrowNYC is on a mission to improve New York City’s quality of life through environmental and food access programs, empowering all New Yorkers to secure a clean and positive environment for future generations. For its fifth year working alongside the ​“Love, Tito’s” Block to Block program, GrowNYC will renovate the McCarren Park Demonstration Garden to improve the space’s infrastructure for the community with new garden beds, picnic tables, benches, and overall garden upkeep.

The Nashville Food Project is on a mission to bring people together to grow, cook, and share nourishing food, with the goals of cultivating community and alleviating hunger in Nashville. Through the ​“Love, Tito’s” Block to Block program, Nashville Food Project will expand the footprint of its Mill Ridge Farm, from three acres to seven, through the addition of 10 new community garden plots, a pollinator garden with native perennials, raised garden beds, and a new greenhouse.

Denver Urban Gardens (DUG) provides access, skills, and resources for people to grow healthy food in their community and regenerate urban green spaces. With support from the Love, Tito’s Block to Block program, DUG will rebuild the Mountain View Community Garden by creating pathways for gardeners and visitors, planting perennial plants, prepping raised beds, laying the foundation for a shed, and beautifying the garden space to better serve the surrounding community.

Our Daily Bread’s mission is to feed the Stillwater community collaboratively and provide connections that enable lasting change. The ​“Love, Tito’s” Block to Block program will help make Our Daily Bread’s garden more accessible for gardeners and guests who come to visit, including accessible pathways, a shaded pavilion, picnic tables, and garden benches.

SPROUT NOLA supports small-scale and sustainable farmers, community gardeners, and farm workers in Louisiana. By building a stronger, more equipped community of growers, the organization can help all New Orleanians be part of a community food system. With the support of the ​“Love, Tito’s” Block to Block program, SPROUT NOLA will move to its new farm location on Lafitte Greenway, which will include a seed library, community plant table, growing spaces, and a compost tumbler.

Boston Area Gleaners is committed to supporting an equitable, just, and sustainable local food system through its work with farmers, volunteers, and hunger relief agencies. This year, the ​“Love Tito’s” Block to Block program is helping Boston Area Gleaners increase the crop yield in its Stonefield Farm by planting trees and shrubs to help with drainage and attract pollinators, as well as laying compost to portions of the field to add soil nutrients.

Rooted in Wyoming works to connect communities through local food by establishing garden and food spaces, as well as providing community members hands-on learning experiences in healthy living practices and sustainable gardening. Thanks to the Love, Tito’s Block to Block program, the organization will be able to construct metal raised beds, create compost stacks, plant seedlings, build fencing, install drip irrigation, and harvest produce at its new Teaching Garden & Greenhouse.

Urban Growers Collective is a Black- and women-led nonprofit farm in Chicago, Illinois supporting community members’ economic development, healing, and creativity through urban agriculture. This year, the ​“Love, Tito’s” Block to Block program is returning to Urban Growers Collective’s South Chicago Farm to make the space more accessible and welcoming for the community by installing wheelchair access mats, wayfinding signage, ramps, and a pergola shade structure.

Seed St. Louis supports a network of 250+ community gardens, orchards, and urban farms throughout the St. Louis region, focusing on educating and empowering individuals to grow their own produce while connecting communities through food. By teaming up with the Love, Tito’s Block to Block program, Seed St. Louis will expand the VAL Community Garden space, increasing its impact, by planting fruit trees and fruit bushes, installing lighting, building new garden beds, and creating a gathering space for the community.