The Eden Project

Imagine a world where you can grocery shop in your yard or community garden. A world where you have support from your community to grow and thrive. We believe by reconnecting the community with nature and all that the Earth provides, we can begin to transform our daily lives. Not only is gardening an incredibly therapeutic hobby, it's also a way to regain our independence.

Nature can provide an abundance of gifts. So much so, that you could have enough to share with your friends. Personally, I would love to get to a point where I could bring baskets of fresh organic produce from my backyard to my friends, saving them hundreds on groceries a month. For some that would be an incredible weight lifted off their shoulders. A gift from nature. 

Our swap events are a great place to get started. The events flow with the seasons and are held on Saturdays right around every season change. These are free community events where locals bring plant clippings, seeds, soaps, butter, bread, honey, books, and years of knowledge. For some, giving and expecting nothing in return might seem like a foreign concept. I am here to change that. There are no words to describe the feelings I get when I snip a little piece of a plant off for a friend and they share pictures of all the tomatoes they got from that tiny plant clipping. I know many others in the group feel the same way. 

We don't have to stop at plants. The group has always been intended to grow organically to accommodate the community's needs. We have a Facebook group where users can swap out anything that want in between meetings. Did you start a new hobby and it didn't go as expected? Check with the group maybe someone else has done the same and would like to swap with you. You could also swap services. These are all great ways to build a stronger and more self-sufficient community.