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Gardens for Charlestown

A member-run Charlestown community garden founded in 1978 at Main and Bunker Hill Streets. The garden has 65 individual plots, public common areas, educational programming, and a long-running volunteer-led community organization. PlotPal lists Gardens for Charlestown as a community garden in Charlestown, Boston. The public listing address is 499 Main Street, Charlestown, MA 02129. The listed steward organization is Gardens for Charlestown. Verified participation information currently includes visit, volunteer, individual plots, events programs. The current organization maintains 65 plots, an active 2026 waitlist, public common areas, educational programming, and a free Friend of Gardens for Charlestown community-membership option requiring five volunteer hours per year. Gardens for Charlestown is open to the public daily from dawn to dusk. Plot membership is limited to Charlestown residents, while the organization now also offers a free community-membership path tied to volunteer service. The garden is currently accepting plot waitlist applications; a June 1, 2026 waitlist is published on the steward site. Current verified participation or information links include Gardens for Charlestown, Join the plot waitlist, Community membership and volunteering. PlotPal last verified source information from Gardens for Charlestown / GrowBoston on 2026-10-02. This public place page keeps verified location and participation context connected to the garden itself, so people can discover the place first and follow its current source information when they are ready to visit or get involved.