Program areas at Victory Garden Initiative
Urban Garden: at Victory gardens 1.5 acre urban farm, the organization produces food to feed the communinty. This is accomplished through our roadside farmstand, farmers market sales, csa subscription boxes, community Garden rentals, and wholesale to local restaurants.
Yep! - youth education program: the organizations runs a year-round, hands-on Garden based programming for youth in the target neighborhoods of harambee and riverwest. In addition, Victory Garden runs after school Garden clubs, summer agricorps, farm field trips and earn and learn programming at the urban farm campus and community partner locations.
Adult & community education:reaching and teaching gardners(new and experienced) about Garden planning, maintenance, permaculture, healthy cooking, rainwater conervation and more.
Blitz program:this is the largest gardening event, where hundreds of volunteers come together to install as many as 4x8 ft. raised bed gardens as possible in two weeks.over the years , we have built more than 7,000 gardens, empowering communities withy access to fresh, homegrown produce.