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that’s where we will do a
lot of our outreach.”
The nonprofit’s Organic
Garden Program provides
families with individual
plots in community gar-
dens managed by Huerto
de la Familia. Families also
receive supplies, one-on-
one assistance from staff
and access to educational
and social events.
Families are encouraged
to exercise autonomy in
deciding how to use their
plot and use the support
system to create their own
space.
Currently more than 160
families are growing their
own organic food on six
community gardens man-
aged by the group. Cottage
Grove will be its seventh.
“And we’re very excit-
ed for that,” said Zarate.
“We’re looking forward to
this new partnership with
South Lane School District
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and for the opportunity to
build what is going to be
one of our largest commu-
nity gardens to date.”
The garden is anticipat-
ed to be able to serve about
50 families in the area.
Along with raised gar-
den beds, the design fea-
tures a central, covered
community space for out-
door cultural events and
education.
The project proposes to
include learning opportu-
nities such as workshops
on organic agriculture
practices,
environmen-
tal stewardship and food
preservation.
The Coast Fork Willa-
mette Watershed Council
has also partnered with
the project to conduct res-
toration of native plants
and wetland habitats in the
garden.
“So we will have to work
with the soil to get it ready
to grow food, but every-
thing we do is still in align-
ment with sustainability of
the natural state of that
space,” said Zarate.
One of the goals of the
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property are required in the City of Cottage Grove to cut or remove tall
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Organic Garden Program
is sustainability. Families
not only receive assistance
in gardening, but are also
given knowledge and skills
which will ensure they can
continue to grow food for
the rest of their lives.
In addition, there is a
strong intergenerational
aspect to the work.
“Parents who participate
in the program, regardless
of where they’re from, they
care a lot about sharing
a love of gardening with
their kids and also help-
ing their kids understand
how food comes to end up
on the table,” said Zarate.
“They want to really make
sure that their children
are learning how food is
grown and get to be part of
that process with them.”
The food itself, too, con-
tributes to healthier fam-
ilies and relieves some fi-
nancial burden depending
on the volume of a plot.
A plot’s yield will de-
pend to some extent on a
family’s expertise, said Za-
rate.
“We see that folks as
they grow for more and
more years, they’re able to
grow more volume,” she
said.
Zarate estimates that
most families can meet al-
most all of their produce
demands from their gar-
den plot, particularly in
summer months.
In addition to making
a substantial impact on
a family’s food budget,
members can receive food
preservation classes – can-
ning, drying and freezing
– to help figure out how to
make food last through the
winter.
The gardens also provide
opportunities for those
with restrictive barriers to
growing. Zarate pointed
to the limited access many
people have to starting a
garden, especially renters.
“Most landlords are not
going to want a tenant to
dig up the grass or what-
ever landscaping to put in
a food garden, so it can be
very limiting,” she said. “If
people don’t have a home
they own with a yard to
start a garden, then often
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people don’t have the op-
portunity to grow their
own food. And we’re try-
ing to overcome that bar-
rier and provide access to
more folks.”
The garden has been
a multi-year project and
is slated to be ready for
families to dig into their
own garden plots by next
spring.
The current timeline
puts irrigation, fencing
and a shed due to be fin-
ished by the end of this
summer with soil work
and other preparation
done as spring approaches.
As construction moves
forward, Huerto de la Fa-
milia is welcoming of local
volunteers who would like
to contribute.
The City of Cottage
Grove has already thrown
its support behind the
project.
During a May 11 Cot-
tage Grove Budget Com-
mittee meeting, Huerto de
la Familia was approved
to receive a $5,000 line
item on the budget, mon-
ey which will go toward
the costs of developing the
garden.
In all, the project is ex-
pected to cost a little more
than $73,000. More than
$35,000 of in-kind dona-
tions have been committed
to the project already, the
nonprofit reported.
“Huerto de la Familia
is especially thankful to
these community partners
and Cottage Grove for
helping make it possible,”
said Zarate of the financial
and network of support.
In the meantime, Zarate
is eager to connect with
more Cottage Grove com-
munity groups and gather
local momentum for the
project.
“We look forward to
working to find more local
support in the community
to help make the garden
possible,” she said. “And
we feel very confident that
folks will want to help
bring this to fruition and
get this ready to go.”
More information about
donating and volunteering
can be found on the non-
profit’s website at huer-
todelafamilia.org
under
the “Get Involved” tab.
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