The Foxtail Community Garden began in 2020 as a senior project and as a recipient of ASU’s Change Maker Grant. With the grant and help of the community, we transformed a vacant lot into a community garden that now has two raised communal beds, sixteen personal plots, seasonal crop beds, and a teaching area. The Foxtail Community Garden is a small but growing community of ASU students, local neighbors, garden enthusiasts, and newbies alike who are passionate about community, food sustainability, and biodiversity in urban areas.

The Garden is located at Tempe Church of Christ on Mill Avenue and is a part of the church’s Ecotheology program. Ecotheology describes an ecological approach to theology that emphasizes the necessity of a mutually benefiting relationship between humans, nonhuman beings, and the land. The church sees the garden as a way to practice good stewardship of the land and to be more socially embedded and helpful to the Tempe community.