Homeless Garden Project

2016: A Year in Photos and 2012-2015 Archives

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Bredette’s photos of the farm.

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Community Supported Agriculture

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Dahlias--the one and the many

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April with Dahlias and beaming! 

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Sustain Farm Supper Series

Our annual Sustain Farm Supper Series focuses on sustainability, eating local organic food prepared by exceptional local chefs, listening to engaging talks by renowned speakers and enjoying friendship and community. All on our beautiful organic farm.

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“We value the joy of growing and sharing healthy food.”--excerpt from HGP Mission, Vision, Values Statement

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The thing I love above all else about this project is that whether you are a volunteer, a staff person, a trainee or simply a friend, there is a place for you here. No matter what it is that you need, there is a sentience in this Garden that will call it forth and manifest it in your life. All it asks is that you be open to receive.

Kathleen Groves, HGP Trainee

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Secretary of California Dept. of Food & Agriculture, Karen Ross and HGP Trainee, Kathleen Groves speak.

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Farm Tour at Sustain Farm Supper

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Setting up the farm for Sustain Farm Supper

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Sustain Farm Supper Chefs

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Best lunch ever at our Food and Wellness Fair

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Food and Wellness Fair, May 2016

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...if every county had a program like it, it would destigmatize homelessness statewide, maybe then, the nation. The farm as a whole is a perfect marriage of freedom and structure, and is one of the best things in my life today.

On May 27, 2016, I was released from jail after a month of incarceration. I had only been in the car about two minutes when my case worker informed that the Homeless Garden Project (HGP) was going to give jobs to the first 20 people that showed up to their main office; my first inclination was “too much, too fast.”