BUG Birmingham Urban Gardeners

BUG Birmingham Urban Gardeners Growing food, education, and community in Birmingham. 🌿

BUG is dedicated to sustainable urban gardening and increasing access to healthy food.

BUG Birmingham Urban Gardeners is a community-driven non profit organization dedicated to growing more than just food. We exist to promote sustainable urban agriculture, expand access to healthy, fresh food, and educate our community on practical, empowering gardening practices. Rooted in the Birmingham metropolitan area, BUG works to transform underutilized spaces into thriving green spaces that

nourish both people and neighborhoods. Through hands-on education, community engagement, and a commitment to environmental stewardship, we aim to inspire individuals and families to reconnect with the land, take ownership of their food systems, and build a healthier, more sustainable future together. At BUG, we believe gardening is a tool for education, equity, and lasting community impact.

03/22/2026

Spring has sprung so we wrote a haiku, just for you 🥰

Join us for "Put Down Roots: Spring Edition" to learn all about planting in Alabama Spring 🌱. We will install transplants in traditional raised AND hügelkultur beds at both of our community gardens in Titusville.

🗓️ When: Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Register on our website:
https://www.fromroots2harvest.com/community-education

03/17/2026

Special thank you to the City of Birmingham for helping bring awareness to the work we’re doing in our community 💚

And we’re proud to see Vickie Jones being interviewed—sharing the heart behind what we do and why it matters. 🌱

Because of this, our mission continues to reach more people—growing food, knowledge, and opportunity right here at home.

Growing your own food isn’t just healthy—it’s smart 🌿Urban gardening can reduce household food costs by up to 25%.That’s...
03/17/2026

Growing your own food isn’t just healthy—it’s smart 🌿
Urban gardening can reduce household food costs by up to 25%.
That’s real impact, right here in our community.


Johnnie Brown

03/03/2026
We are beyond excited and deeply grateful for this opportunity with Jones Valley Teaching Farm!Being selected as an Urba...
02/07/2026

We are beyond excited and deeply grateful for this opportunity with Jones Valley Teaching Farm!

Being selected as an Urban Farmer Grant recipient is more than funding—it’s affirmation of the work being done on the ground to grow food, build community, and create sustainable access right here in Birmingham. This support allows us to keep showing up, planting deeper roots, and expanding our impact where it matters most.

Huge thank you to the City of Birmingham and Jones Valley Teaching Farm for believing in urban growers and investing in food justice, resilience, and our local food system. We’re honored to be part of this cohort and excited for what’s ahead 🌿✨

02/07/2026

The City of Birmingham, in collaboration with Jones Valley Teaching Farm, is proud to announce 10 recipients of the Urban Farmer Grant Program, awarding $10,000 each to local urban farming organizations across our city. Funded through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), these grants support urban farmers addressing pandemic-related operational challenges and longstanding inequities—while strengthening food access, community resilience, and local food systems right here in Birmingham.
Congratulations to all of our 2026 Urban Farmer Grant recipients! A Beautiful Life Enterprises, BUG Birmingham Urban Gardeners, Bush Hills Connections, Christian Service Mission, East Lake United Recovery Center, The Flourish, LiftUp AL, Magic City Mushrooms, Reviving our Neighbor Community Development Corporation

đź”— Read the full press release:https://jvtf.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/press_release_urbanfarmergrant_FINAL.pdf

👉Stay tuned! We’ll be highlighting one awardee every Friday!

01/26/2026

The Smart Yards Webinar Series is back in 2026! Extension's Home Horticulture team brings this online series to you on the fourth Wednesday of each month. Topics include common gardening information, home pests, fruits, vegetables, wildlife, and much more.

Coming up Wednesday, January 28: Vegetable Variety Trails with agents Dani Carroll and Jacob Turner.

Register to receive the Zoom link, and mark your calendars for upcoming dates. https://www.aces.edu/go/2414

01/22/2026

Hügelkultur is a longstanding permaculture technique — one of many made popular by farmer and writer Sepp Holzer.

Join us for one of four (or all four 🥰) sessions implementing this technique at ROOTS Community Garden in Historic NorthTitusville.

Please bring hydration, your hands for work, and your excitement for learning!

Register on our website - fromroots2harvest.com/events

01/19/2026

We participated in a hands-on fruit tree pruning workshop during the Alabama Sustainable Agriculture Network’s Food & Farm Forum, continuing to build knowledge that helps us better serve and sustain our community.

Learning today. Growing stronger tomorrow.

Stronger roots. Healthier communities. 🌱Join us as we come together this Martin Luther King Jr. Day to plant seeds, serv...
01/19/2026

Stronger roots. Healthier communities. 🌱

Join us as we come together this Martin Luther King Jr. Day to plant seeds, serve our community, and grow something meaningful together.

🕚 11 AM – 12 PM
đź“Ť 3000 Jefferson State Pkwy, Birmingham, AL 35215

All hands welcome. Let’s grow.

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