Community Garden
The UT Dallas Community Garden program promotes a sense of community through the shared interest and participation in cultivating a garden.
Location and Directions
Location: The UT Dallas Community Garden is at the southwest corner of the Phase I apartment complex on the UTD campus. View the garden location on the campus map.
Directions: Turn onto Franklyn Jenifer Drive from Waterview Parkway and take a right into the Phase I apartment complex parking lot. Continue south to the UT Dallas Community Garden.
Detail of the community garden area from the UT Dallas Campus Map.
Ways To Participate
There are a variety of ways to engage with the UT Dallas Community Garden. Each opportunity varies in time commitment and level of involvement.
Upkeep Events
For Comets who are looking for a one-time introductory experience at the garden, the OSV offers two Garden Upkeep events per semester. At these events, volunteers can tour the garden, learn about the program and assist with hands-on planting and harvesting. Check out the OSV’s events page for upcoming opportunities. No experience necessary.
Garden Helpers
Garden Helpers attend monthly garden workdays on Saturday mornings and work alongside registered plot holders to tend to the community spaces and complete general garden tasks (mulching, weeding, etc.). After attending at least two workdays within an academic year, Garden Helpers may add their name to the waiting list to adopt a plot. Each Garden Helper must attend a garden orientation. Please visit the Community Garden Page on EngageUTD to register for upcoming orientations.
Plot Holders
Individual plots become available to interested Garden Helpers when current Plot Holders graduate or decide to transition out of the program. Upon approval, each new gardener may tend to a ½ plot, free of charge. Assignments are granted on a first-come, first-served basis. Those who are interested in tending to a plot must be available to attend a Saturday Garden Workday. Garden Workdays are held once a month, with dates announced at the beginning of each semester.
Garden Rules
- Look, but please don’t pick. We are growing food to eat and to donate.
- Plots and their contents are tended and cared for by UT Dallas gardeners only.
- Natural is the way of the garden. Please keep pesticides, herbicides and chemicals out.
- Please report leaky hoses or missing supplies to OSV.
- Chase away critters.
For problems requiring immediate maintenance or repair, please contact the UT Dallas Facilities Management or UT Dallas Police. For emergencies, call 911.
Gorf Explores!
i’m a simple frog. i like to explore our utd community garden.
[The people] are so much fun to talk to and hang out with, especially because they truly and really do care about sustainability.
—Suhrud Kulkarni, Gardener
