Look for nearby community gardens and ask the organizers how and where they got the funds to help kick it off. Also check who owns the lot. It may actually be the city if it's vacant, possibly an abandoned property or a property locked in back taxes.

If you are looking for a place to start exploring how other people pulled it off, try the USDA, FDA and CDC websites. They have near endless references to everything about gardens. Also check your nearby county health departments and University extension services. And finally, there are numerous private and dedicated funds anxious to help to make communities and cities better places to Iive. Also local dedicated funds that support healthier eating and home or neighborhood gardening.

https://www.fsa.usda.gov/news-room/news-releases/2022/usda-opens-peoples-garden-initiative-to-gardens-nationwide

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/8/16/the-case-for-community-gardens

https://kresge.org/news-views/project-new-village-using-urban-agriculture-to-promote-neighborhood-revitalization/

https://www.casscounty.com/2424/Community-Gardens

https://www.colorado.edu/today/2011/06/22/community-gardens-improve-personal-and-neighborhood-health-cu-led-research-finds

etc.


Good luck!!

I wanted to do that in my private neighborhood but someone would destroy it

Sounds like a good idea but if you fundraise and buy it, how will u all agree on what percentage each owns?