Come grow with us.

Deltona Community Gardens started in 2018, when Jim and Paula Pescha turned a patch of city land into a place where neighbors could grow something together. It's still exactly that: a place to grow, play, and connect, at 675 Elgrove Drive.

Rent a raised bed for the season and grow whatever you like. Vegetables, flowers, herbs, the thing you've been meaning to try. We provide the tools, the mulch, the water, and the hoses. You bring the seeds and the idea.

You won't be doing it alone. Our gardeners trade advice on what actually grows in each Florida season, and they'll water your bed when you're out of town. Extra produce goes into the blessing box on site, where any family in the neighborhood can take what they need. There's a little free library there too.

The garden is more than the beds. We're expanding the Jim and Paula Pescha Butterfly Gardens, tending a growing fruit grove, and running "how to" sessions at our monthly meetings on what to plant, when to plant it, and how to harvest. Those meetings are open to everyone. You don't need to rent a bed to come learn.

Local artists have left their mark here, including our mural and butterfly sculpture, and we partner with schools and youth groups to get kids out to the beds.

The City of Deltona provides the land. Everything that grows on it comes from this community.

Two ways to take part:

Rent a plot. $25 for the season, two seasons a year. Rent more than one if you want to grow more and share more.

Support the gardens. Your gift keeps the beds producing: mulch and soil, new raised beds, tools, water, and the youth and family programs we run every month.

Questions, or want to volunteer? Gardens@DeltonaStrong.org