Baylor Community Garden
The Baylor Community Garden is right next to Baylor's campus at the corner of 9th and James. Since August 2023, student groups, classes, faculty, and staff from across the university have revived the garden as a blossoming center for holistic environmental discovery, creativity, and community health.
The Environmental Humanities is a major partner in this work, with many classes, faculty, and students contributing both to the Garden and to the connected Sustainable Community and Regenerative Agriculture Project (SCRAP). SCRAP is a collective formed by local non-profits, the City of Waco, and Baylor programs like Environmental Humanities and the Growing Leaders and Learners Project to co-create an ecosystem of urban gardens, farms, and composting sites that divert food waste from the landfill and nourish healthy food for all while advancing climate resilience.
Reservations
Use the link below to register to use the garden for a Baylor class, student group, or event.
Availability:
- Mon-Thurs 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
- special requests considered for evenings and weekends
Baylor Community Garden Use Request Form
Got Questions or Want to Contribute?
Compost Drop Off (September-May):
Instead of adding to the landfill, bring your food and yard scraps to the garden, where they will become compost to nourish soil, produce, and community! Click here to learn how.
Volunteer Hours (Spring 2024): Thursday 12-3 p.m. & Saturday 9-10 a.m.
Even if you are not a regular volunteer (see next section), you can come lend a hand and learn more.
- If you are an individual or group coming for the first time email CommunityGarden@baylor.edu to give us advance notice.
- We might not always be able to accommodate larger groups, so it's vital to contact us in advance to receive a confirmation.
Regular Volunteer Roles:
Baylor students, faculty, and staff can contribute on a regular basis with support from our Garden team. Email to let us know which role interests you: CommunityGarden@baylor.edu
- Green Ambassadors promote environmental awareness and spread the word about the garden.
- They help others learn how to contribute to our composting program and distribute food-scrap collection buckets so they can become involved.
- The Processing Team helps process food scraps and yard remains from the community into our compost bins.
- The Turning Team flips and monitors the compost piles to keep them breaking down into high-quality compost.
- The Campus Kitchen Garden Team maintains the garden by planting and caring for crops and applying finished compost to the garden beds.
Questions or Ideas:
Send questions about the above or ideas for the garden to CommunityGarden@baylor.edu.