A community garden is a piece of land collectively farmed by several people and may be created by local residents purchasing or taking over a vacant plot, or by an institution such as a church donating land to the community.
[4] The garden was founded on a vacant lot in 2009 by a group of local residents.
[5] In early 2013, Dundee Community Garden Inc., received non-profit status as a 501(c)(3) organization.
All of these are full and the organizing institution, Community CROPS (Combining Resources, Opportunities, and People for Sustainability), which was founded in 2003 with one garden, is now looking for new sites around Lincoln.
[10] A new community garden in Grand Island called the Cherry Street Community Garden was started in 2014, with 10 by 10 feet (3.0 m × 3.0 m) plots available for rent, supported by a city councilwoman and the adjacent Cherry Street Apartments complex.