Recruiting

Community Gardening

Sponsor:

University of Arkansas

Code:

NCT06455215

Conditions

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Community garden activities

Study Details

Brief summary:

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.

Conditions

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

Study ID

NCT06455215

Start date

Jul 15, 2025

Status verified date

Jun, 2026

Completion date

Mar 1, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jul 1, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

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.

Study Design

Enrollment

138 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Garden intervention

The gardens in the intervention group will receive an 8-week intervention that includes 1) educational materials, 2) healthy cooking demonstrations, food and transportation support and 3) garden social activities.

active comparator: Delayed intervention

The control group will be asked to abstain from intervention activities during the 8 week period. The control group will receive the delayed 8-week intervention one month after the intervention group.

Interventions

Community garden activities

The gardens in the intervention group will receive an 8-week intervention that includes 1) educational materials, 2) healthy cooking demonstrations, food and transportation support and 3) garden social activities. The control group will be asked to abstain from intervention activities. The control group will receive the delayed 8-week intervention one month after the intervention group.

Primary outcome measure

  • Fruit and vegetable intake [ Time Frame: From baseline to 8 weeks (end of intervention) and 6-months post intervention ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Pebbles Fagan, PhD, MPH

301-802-7735pfagan@uams.edu

Elizabeth Taylor, BA

501-526-6689betaylor@uams.edu

Locations

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Recruiting

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72205

Contacts

Pebbles Fagan, PhD, MPH

301-802-7735pfagan@uams.edu

Elizabeth Taylor, BA

501-526-6689btaylor@uams.edu

Principal Investigator:

Pebbles Fagan, PhD, MPH

More Information

Sponsor

University of Arkansas

Last update posted

Jun 23, 2026

Last verified

Jun, 2026

Keywords

  • food security, community gardens, fruit/vegetable consumption

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Arkansas on 2026-06-23.