Amend Park Community Garden

Amend Park Community Garden is the first community garden in the Southwest Corridor neighborhood of Billings, Montana to be completely open to the public. It was founded in 2014 through a collaboration between the Billings Parks and Recreation Department and the Billings Metro VISTA Project. It is Billings’ first city-owned community garden. In 2015, the garden received a citation of merit award from the Montana Trails, Recreation and Parks Association for Agency Excellence. The garden’s overall mission is to increase food security by providing a public space to garden in, thereby:

1. Reaching low-income citizens.
2. Creating a strong sense of community.
3. Providing educational opportunities.
4. Providing opportunities to foster community leadership.
5. Producing an abundance of fruits and vegetables.

This garden is located in the northeast corner of Amend Park, along S. Billings Blvd. Amend Park was chosen as a premier garden location due to its size and location; there is a lot of room for plots and for other gardening structures, including a shed and compost bins. We currently have 44 individual plots, 8 communal plots, and 17 communal fruit trees at the garden.

Amend Community Garden hopes to provide households in multiple neighborhoods of Billings with the space and resources necessary to plant, grow, and harvest their own food. This will increase overall food security as residents will have easy access to affordable, healthy food.