A place to grow, play, and connect.
Deltona Community Gardens started in 2018, when Jim and Paula Pescha turned a patch of city land at Vann Park into a place where neighbors could grow something together. It's still exactly that, at 675 Elgrove Drive.
Help the Gardens GrowYou bring the seeds. We bring the rest.
Gardeners rent a raised bed for the season and grow whatever they like. Vegetables, flowers, herbs, the thing they've been meaning to try. We provide the tools, the mulch, the water, and the hoses. They bring the seeds and the idea.
Nobody does it alone out here
Our gardeners trade advice on what actually grows in each Florida season, and they water each other's beds when someone is 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.
More than the beds
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.
A little bit of everything
The Blessing Box
Extra produce from the beds goes here. Any family in the neighborhood can take what they need, no questions asked.
Little Free Library
Right next to the blessing box, a little free library for anyone walking by.
Jim and Paula Pescha Butterfly Gardens
Named for the founders, and still expanding, with a hand-painted butterfly sculpture from a local artist.
The Fruit Grove
A growing grove of fruit trees, cared for the same way the beds are: together.
Monthly Meetings
"How to" sessions on what to plant, when to plant it, and how to harvest. Open to everyone, bed or no bed.
Your gift keeps it growing.
The City of Deltona provides the land. Everything that grows on it comes from this community. Your gift covers mulch and soil, new raised beds, tools, water, and the youth and family programs we run every month.
Give to the Community GardensYou'll be taken to our secure GiveButter page for the Community Gardens specifically. This gift goes directly to the gardens, not our general fund.