Going Green - 2025's Best Cities for Urban Gardening

 

Where can urban gardeners grow a bountiful harvest? To find out, LawnStarter looked at 14 metrics to rank 2025's Best Cities for Urban Gardening.

Top 10 Cities for Urban Gardening New York Atlanta Tampa, Florida Miami Houston Nashville Fort Myers, Florida Portland, Oregon Jacksonville, Florida San Francisco   Key Insights: New York (No. 1) tills the competition with the most community gardens — 780, according to the American Community Gardening Association. The next-highest number can be found in Atlanta (No. 2), growing 123.  44 cities, including smaller communities like Evanston, Illinois (No. 11), Roanoke, Virginia (No. 69), and Iowa City, Iowa (No. 121), are branching out with community food forests.  Big cities in North Carolina have among the best yard potential for backyard urban gardening. Greenville (No. 197), Asheville (No. 64), Winston-Salem (No. 88), Greensboro (No. 66), and Durham (No. 159) all land among the top 100 cities with the biggest yards.

Read the full story here: https://www.lawnstarter.com/blog/studies/best-cities-urban-gardening/  Other helpful links: City Rankings Metric Highlights Ask the Experts More from LawnStarter:  2025’s Top Cities for Pollinator-Friendly Landscaping Digging In: 11 Steps to Start a Vegetable Garden 15 Inspiring Ideas for Your Backyard Vegetable Garden Tree Cover Gains in 1,800+ U.S. Counties Where Landscapers Can Grow Careers in 2025 How to Start an Urban Rooftop Garden