Garden lease requirements

We explain who can apply for a garden lease, when to do it and what's required.

Who can apply

We lease City-owned lots for:

  • Community gardens
    • Community garden groups growing food to donate or for personal use.
  • Market gardens
    • A business growing food to sell.

Costs

  • Community gardening groups pay $1 a year, plus a one-time fee of $50
  • Market gardeners pay $150 a year, plus a one-time fee of $50

Watch the video in English (1:10) and Hmong (1:23)

People working in community garden

 

When to request a lease

The application process is closed for 2026. The priority application period for 2027 will open in January 2027.

See garden lease application process

Contact us

Garden Lease

Homegrown Minneapolis

Phone

612-673-3553

Address

City Hall
350 Fifth St. S.
Room 315M
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Office hours

8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Monday – Friday