COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE & HORTICULTURE PROGRAM

MAPLE Microdevelopment Oregon continuous to work closely with residents of Everyone Village (70+ residents) to fund and co-design a therapeutic landscape program on the three acres of land adjacent to their transitional shelters. This area will potentially include small yet permanent houses and opportunities for urban farming. This work continues with the support of additional partners, including faculty from the UO School of Landscape Architecture and the Homeless Garden Project.

Prior to workng with Everyone Village, MAPLE Oregon also worked closely with residents of Emerald Village Eugene to fund and establish a greenhouse and community garden both for food and for microbusiness development.

In Portland, Oregon, we have begun to work closely residents and staff of p:ear, a creative non-proft that serves homeless youth and aspires to add farming experience to its existing employment skill-building programs.