Chimborazo Playground Community Garden has 47 plots available to nearby families to lease and grow food and flowers for their households and the community; surplus produce is donated to local neighbors through RVA Free Fridges. Email to volunteer at workdays or to join the waitlist!

Visitors to the garden can enjoy wandering through the maze of plots and observing what’s growing in each season. The garden is also a drop-off site for the City of Richmond’s community composting program, where residents can compost a range of household food scraps. 

The space is also home to many insects, reptiles, and small mammals. Thanks to generous support from Richmond Grows Gardens, Xerces Society, Bee City RVA and Morningside Farm & Nursery (in Boston, VA), an expanded pollinator habitat at the front of the garden helps sustain local populations of beneficial insects. Several community fruit trees, a kiwi arbor, berry and flower beds round out the garden’s plantings. This garden is also supported by Verdant Richmond, and is one of 16 gardens in Richmond City participating in the USDA’s People’s Garden Initiative.