Examples of San Francisco Bay Area Homeless Garden Projects


	Examples of San Francisco Bay Area Homeless Garden Projects

sfhomeless

10-29-2009 11:34 PM

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sf garden communities, sf project homeless connect, judith klain, homeless gardens, sfhomeless

sfhomeless says:

This is a garden in Santa Cruz.... but, don't be jealous San Franciscans.. who care about homeless life and plant life... we have all kinds of Garden Communities and Farms on the way now...

A couple weeks ago, the SF First POWER group (homeless and formerly homeless peer advocates, already working to help others around the city, at the main library and outreach) and SF Project Homeless Connect and the Hayes Valley residents started a Garden Community at Octavia & Lily Streets.

Here is a link to a 2 minute, intro video about the Octavia & Lily Garden Community in the Hayes Valley neighborhood, a few blocks north of Market Street.

LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyBWmSjMiic

15 homeless (or formerly homeless) and 15 non-homeless residents are going to work together to build up community, grow food, share labor and share the fruits of their labor, TOGETHER !

Other community groups, artists, advocates and more SF POWER group members are already doing outreach to pro

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