Richmond Neighborhoods Near a City Community Garden: What the Official Garden List Ties to Church Hill, The Fan, Manchester, North Side and Oregon Hill

The City of Richmond lists 25 community gardens on its Richmond Grows Gardens program, and five of them can be tied to a neighborhood by a public page: Church Hill, The Fan, Manchester, North Side and Oregon Hill. This post matches those five gardens to areas you can search, and it says plainly where a garden page tells you nothing about plots.

No public source ranks neighborhoods by garden access, so this list is built from what the program and the City publish: garden names, street addresses and the plot details on each garden page. We read them on October 21, 2026 (Richmond Grows Gardens list, 25 entries). The order is alphabetical by neighborhood name, ignoring the word The. It is not a ranking, and this post makes no price or market claims.

Published October 22, 2026 · Garden pages read October 21, 2026

What the official garden list tells you, and what it does not

The City’s community gardens page says Richmond Grows Gardens offers city-owned parcels to garden groups through an application process, and that those groups set their own policies for handing out plots. The program’s Our Gardens list had 25 entries when we read it. Three of them had no page yet: Hickory Hill showed “Link Coming Soon”, and Oak Grove Playground and Onelove showed “Check Back Soon”.

Two facts matter before you shop near any garden. First, the City says it is not accepting applications to start new community gardens, so new sites are not being added through that process right now. Second, every garden renews its permit each year unless the group holds a multi-year permit. A garden is city land used under a permit. Treat it as a nearby amenity you have checked, not as something that comes with a house.

The same page says many established gardens are seeking gardeners, and that a waitlist at your local garden is a reason to ask about a site in another neighborhood. Plot availability, fees and hours are set by each garden group, so this post gives none of them.

Five neighborhoods and the garden each one is tied to

Source for every row: the garden’s own page on the Richmond Grows Gardens site, read October 21, 2026. The neighborhood match comes from the garden page where it names the area, and from the City’s park page for Church Hill.

Church Hill: a plot garden one block from Chimborazo Park

The Chimborazo Playground Garden page says the garden has plots to lease and a waitlist, an expanded pollinator planting at the front, and a drop-off for the City’s community composting program. It also says the garden is one of 16 in Richmond City taking part in the USDA People’s Garden Initiative. The garden page lists N 31st and E Grace Street. The City’s Chimborazo Park and Playground page lists the playground at 29th and East Grace Street and puts it one block from the park, so confirm the gate before you drive.

That City page also names a Church Hill Dog Park on the park’s lower terrace, which is how the City itself ties the park to the neighborhood. Our Church Hill community page describes historic homes, cobblestone streets and skyline views.

Wrong for you if: you need a level, step-free walk to the garden. The City advertises a 180-foot view from Chimborazo Park, which tells you the ground rises. It is also wrong if you need a plot soon, because the garden page describes a waitlist.

The Fan: private plots and community beds on Parkwood Avenue

Uptown Community Garden sits at 2201 Parkwood Ave. Its page places it in the heart of the Fan and describes a hybrid of private plots and community beds, with a renewed emphasis on community plots. Our Fan community page describes preserved row homes and walkable blocks of restaurants and shops. If your search is for a row home, the garden is a place to grow food off the lot. Our guide to neighborhoods and off-street parking covers the other question row-home buyers ask.

Wrong for you if: you want a private yard you can plant freely at home. Row-home lots are generally narrow, so check lot size on each listing, and remember the garden has a limited number of private plots.

Manchester: a plot garden inside a small park

The Alice Fitz Community Garden page says the garden is part of a small park in Manchester at 1301 Perry St, with individual plots, shared community beds and pollinator beds. It describes a waitlist for an individual plot. Our Manchester community page places the neighborhood along the south side of the James River and describes renovated warehouses, modern apartments and skyline views.

Wrong for you if: your search is only for a detached house on a conventional lot. Our page describes warehouse conversions and apartments, so check which property types are for sale before you commit to the area.

North Side: Six Points is a planted park, not a plot garden

Six Points Community Garden, at 3001 N 3rd Ave, is described on its page as a landscaped park at the crossroads of historic Highland Park, converted from a vacant lot in April 2022 and planted with trees, shrubs and bulbs. The page does not mention plots to rent, so treat it as green space rather than a place to grow your own vegetables. Our North Side community page calls North Side a collection of historic neighborhoods with classic architecture and tree-lined streets. Because North Side is several neighborhoods, this garden pins down one corner of it, not the whole area.

Wrong for you if: your goal is a plot of your own. For plots in the northern part of the city, ask the program about other sites.

Oregon Hill: a lead, not a finding

Oregon Hill Community Garden is at 618 S Belvidere Street. Its page gives the address and contacts and nothing about plot type, so ask the contacts what is offered before you count on it. Our Oregon Hill community page calls the area a small historic neighborhood just south of downtown, with colorful homes and views of the James River.

Wrong for you if: you need plot details before you choose a street, or you want a wide choice of listings. A small neighborhood tends to have few homes for sale at one time.

Eight more gardens on the list that we did not map

Each page below gives a street address and no neighborhood name, so we did not assign these gardens to a neighborhood. The Maymont Community Garden is listed at a Texas Avenue address; we did not verify whether it sits on the grounds of the estate park covered in our botanical gardens and Maymont roundup.

Source: each garden’s page on the Richmond Grows Gardens site, read October 21, 2026. To see which area an address falls in, use the City of Richmond community index or send us the address and we will tell you which community page covers it.

A five-step check before you tie a home search to a garden

1. Confirm the garden is still on the Our Gardens list and has a page.
2. Ask the garden contact about plots and the waitlist. The City says each group sets its own plot policy.
3. Read the Rules and Guidelines linked from the City program page. The City says every garden group and gardener must follow them.
4. Walk or drive from the street you are considering to the gate, at the hours you would go.
5. Compare the garden address with each listing address in our property search, and check lot size and parking on the listing.

If a private yard matters more to you than a shared plot, our guide for gardeners and yard lovers compares lot sizes across the metro. For green space you can walk to, see our roundup of neighborhoods with walking trails inside the community, and for the river side of the city see neighborhoods near the James River parks. If financing shapes your shortlist, our preferred lenders can explain pre-approval, and buying with us walks through the process.