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The Community Garden Health Block

Who can join

Ages 18 to 95 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Arkansas resident aged 18-95;
2. live in community within 1 mile radius of a participating garden;
3. speak English;
4. willingness to participate in the garden as a volunteer during the study intervention period;
5. not previously participated in the garden as a volunteer in past 6 months;
6. scores as food insecure on 1 of any of the food security measures (i.e. food did not last, could not eat balanced meal, cut the size or skip meals and frequency at which this happens, eat less than you think you should, were hungry but did not eat);
7. written informed consent;
8. working phone, home address, and email;

10\) willingness to complete all survey assessments.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Does not live within 1 mile radius of a participating garden.

About the study

The goals of this community-based clinical trial are to examine the association between community garden participation and 1) fruit and vegetable intake (primary outcome) and 2) access to healthy food (secondary outcome) among adults aged 18-95 living in low resource communities. Gardens will be randomized to the intervention (n=4 gardens) or control group (delayed intervention, n=3 gardens). Participants will be assigned to one of seven community gardens to receive an 8-week intervention. During the intervention, participants will be asked to volunteer in the garden, participate in garden social activities, participate in healthy cooking demonstrations and educational sessions. Participants will receive educational materials as well. To assess the effects of the intervention, participants will receive a baseline, 8-week, and 6-month survey. Outcome measures will be compared between the intervention and control groups.

What is being tested

• Community garden activities (behavioral)

Sponsor: University of Arkansas · Participants: 138 · Started: Jul 15, 2025

Contact the study team

• Pebbles Fagan, PhD, MPH · Phone: 301-802-7735
• Elizabeth Taylor, BA · Phone: 501-526-6689

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06455215

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.