Worksheets: Creating Community Gardens for People of All Ages

The worksheets that accompany Creating a Community Garden for People of All Ages are easy to print from home, easy to complete, and easy to use. 

Each worksheet can be used on its own or in combination with other worksheets.

This page includes links for downloading individual worksheets as well as for downloading the complete 12-worksheet collection. 

We encourage printing, photocopying and sharing the worksheets!

Choose from a one-page worksheet or a two-page large-type version, both of which can be used by printing (and completing by hand) and/or as a fillable PDF that can be completed on an electronic device then printed or shared online.

• Scroll down to see and flip through the worksheets while online. 
  
  
• Scroll down further to learn how to save — and print or share — a completed, fillable PDF.

Download the Worksheets

The 12-Sheet Collection

1. Creating a Core Team
   
2. SMART Goal Setting
3. Write Mission and Vision Statements
4. Take Action
5. Asset Mapping
6. Site Selection
7. Design and Supplies Checklist
8. Accessibility Checklist
9. Seeking and Securing Support
10. Partnership Agreement Checklist
11. Member/Volunteer Checklist
12. Measuring Success

View the Worksheets

To Save a Completed PDF

Select either option, both of which begin under the File tab in the navigation bar that appears at the top of an open PDF:

• Option 1: Select "Save as Other > Reader Extended PDF > "Enable More Tools: Commenting and Measuring" 
  
  
• Option 2: Select "Export to > Image >JPEG"

Find more resources at AARP.org/CommunityGardens

Page published January 2023