Homeless Garden Project

The Homeless Garden Project began in 1990 in conjunction with the Santa Cruz County Parks and Recreation Departments Community Gardens Program.

Homeless garden project. Homeless Garden Project Our job training and transitional employment program now in its 26th year is modeled on a theory of change that paid short-term employment coupled with educational and support services provides a direct route to stable housing and employment. While there I participated in a trainee-led tour and sampled their delicious tomatoes. The Project began as a place to provide sanctuary refuge and meaningful work within the healing environment of the organic farm.

The Garden employs up to twenty homeless men and women who are trained in the Chadwick Method of food and flower production -- a combination of the French Intensive and Biodynamic. Welcome to the Homeless Garden Project Store where your dollars make a difference. This particular site is still known for its organic produce and sustainable practices but it is the devotion to the city and its homeless populations that makes the Homeless Garden Project unique.

The Homeless Garden Project in Santa Cruz California is one of the many community garden projects in the area yet is unique in its mission and its everyday actions. I donated in support of this campaign. Blossoming over time and furthering the projects benefits the farm harvests have provided an.

About 1 hour ago. In 2012 after publication of The Omnivores Dilemma and In Defense of Food I spent an afternoon at the Homeless Garden Project. In the soil of our urban farm.

Brenda Deckman Santa Cruz Donors 26 Total Raised 16475 Individual Donations 3475. All proceeds benefit the Homeless Garden Projects transitional employment. About 1 hour ago.

Here is a model that includes employment and training the fundraising benefits of organic produce marketing and the healing of the human spirit in r. Shows how this model project changes lives by providing transitio. I met individuals transforming their lives and was impressed with the programs success.