Garden leader training: conflict resolution
Evening training for Denver Urban Gardens Garden Leaders on navigating disagreements in shared garden spaces, led with the Conflict Center in Denver.
Why we picked this
Shared garden plots mean shared disagreements eventually — this training gives garden leaders real tools for handling them instead of letting tension simmer.
This month’s Garden Leader training tackles a subject every community garden eventually runs into: conflict. Run in partnership with the Conflict Center, the session covers how to navigate disagreements among a diverse group of plot holders and neighbors, framing tension as a chance to understand what people actually need rather than something to avoid.
The training runs two hours, starting at 6:00 PM at the Conflict Center in northwest Denver. It’s built for people who already lead or help manage a community garden, though anyone interested in the garden leader track can attend.
Denver Urban Gardens supports over 180 community gardens across the metro, and sessions like this one are how the network keeps garden leaders equipped for the parts of the job that have nothing to do with soil.