We are building a Neighborhood Food Garden on Our Happy Block! Get Involved!

DO YOU WANT A GARDEN PLOT?
DO YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP BUILD IT?

The new vegetable/fruit garden will face SE Martins Street between 80th & 82nd Avenue on Calvary Church’s land (at 8040 SE Woodstock Blvd ...Thanks Calvary for lending your land to the neighborhood!!!)

Project Summary:

We are creating this Neighborhood Garden to increase our community’s access to healthy, affordable food, while improving individual health and strengthening our neighborhood bonds. A community garden provides opportunities for inter-generational and cross-cultural connections. Our neighborhood is quite diverse and we’d like to celebrate that by having a space for all to come together. Our hope is that families from all cultures can have a space to grow their own food including international food that might not be available in the supermarket.

We love the idea that a garden, and a shared goal that benefits all, stimulates social interaction, which we have all lacked during the pandemic. Let's come together for something amazing!

Get a Plot - Volunteer!

Please fill out this form and let me know if you’d like to volunteer and/or are interested in having a plot to grow food!  (We will need volunteers to help: prep the garden site, lay burlap, spread wood chips, build beds, install irrigation, plumbing for the hose bib, help secure donations and materials, paint a sign, garden ideas, and more!)

Would you or your organization like to sponsor the garden? Please let us know! Thanks!

Our Partners for this Neighborhood Garden:

We would like to thank the following amazing organizations for the grant funds to make this neighborhood garden possible:

                               

SE Uplift and the City of Portland Office of Community & Civic Life 

East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District 

Past Partners

I also want to give a huge shout-out to the organizations and individuals that have helped us over the past decade to make our neighborhood a more livable, friendly place (for humans and the environment!) Read about the past partners here (Depave, BES, Friends of Trees, EMSWCD, SE Uplift, Prosper Portland, Neighborhood Volunteers)

Location

Pictures of Community Gardens