Homeless Garden Project

05/30/2026

With the end of the school year, shop gifts for your graduate or a gift to show your teacher appreciation— it’s a time of celebration, make it special! 🎓🥳

Your purchase’s impact goes beyond the store— it’s your way of supporting us and our transition employment program! Products sold at the store are made and packaged by the trainees in our program! 🌱

05/30/2026

With the end of the school year, shop gifts for your graduate or a gift to show your teacher appreciation— it’s a time of celebration, make it special! ♥️

05/28/2026

We are so excited to share our featured chefs for our upcoming Sustain Supper! On June 20th from 4-7:30PM at our Natural Bridges Farm you can enjoy delicacies from Estevan Silva and Andrea Mollenaur!

We are excited to announce that Estevan Silva of Studio Estepan (formerly of the Michelin-starred restaurant Quince) will be using grains grown by our keynote speaker, Farmer Mai, to craft an appetizer, bread and dessert for guests to enjoy.

We are also happy to share that Andrea Mollenauer will be a featured chef at the Supper! She has partnered with us in the past, and we are thrilled to be working with her again. Andrea runs her own catering business, Lifestyle Culinary Arts, and is the chair of Cabrillo’s Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management program.

Stay tuned to see what they have in store for this Sustain Supper!

To learn more about the event and buy tickets click the link in our bio!

05/28/2026

Our Sustain Supper is 3 weeks away! June 20th from 4-7:30PM at our Natural Bridges Farm where you can celebrate with community by dining on delicious organic food crafted by Chefs Estevan Silva and Andrea Mollenaur!

After the meal, you’ll hear from our wonderful keynote speaker, Farmer Mai who is a James Beard Award–winning farmer, policy strategist, and social justice activist whose work centers on building equitable, sustainable, and culturally rooted food systems. After Farmer Mai’s talk, one of our amazing trainees will share their life experiences and their time in our program.

Support those experiencing homelessness in Santa Cruz by joining HGP for this inspiring evening!

Click here to learn more and buy your tickets today: https://bit.ly/SustainSupperJune2026

This video is a West Cliff Creative Production.

05/27/2026

🪻🪻Lavender season is here! Come by our farm 10-4 (closed Mondays) to help us harvest! We also will be selling the bundles ($5) at our farm stand! Check out our wonderful products containing lavender at our downtown Santa Cruz, Capitola, and online stores! See ya soon farmers! 🪻🪻Every dollar you spend with us supports our mission, “in the soil to help people find the tools they need to build a home in the world.”

05/25/2026

HGP's annual Sustain Supper is coming up very soon! We are looking forward to our upcoming Sustain Supper - June 20th from 4-7:30PM at our Natural Bridges Farm - and we hope you'll join us! https://bit.ly/SustainSupperJune2026 The video below highlights the fun we all have at this celebratory community even

We are excited to feature Chef Estevan Silva who has recently opened the popular Studio Estepan in West Oakland. Estevan was on staff of the Michelin-starred restaurant Quince, before launching his own bakery this spring. He uses grains grown by our keynote speaker, Farmer Mai at his bakery and we'll all get to enjoy at the Supper.

We are also happy to share that Chef Andrea Mollenauer will join us at the Sustain Supper! Andrea has been a valued partner with us for many years and we are thrilled to feature her amazing cooking once again. Andrea leads her catering business, Lifestyle Culinary Arts, and is the chair of Cabrillo's Culinary Arts program.

You can buy tickets online now at https://bit.ly/SustainSupperJune2026 or save on fees when you buy your tickets at our stores in Capitola (222 Esplanade, Capitola, CA 95010) or Downtown (1338 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060).

This is "Homeless Garden Project Sustain Supper" by West Cliff Creative on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

05/21/2026

Here is our farm manger Adam showing how we plant our beans at the farm! People in our program get to experience agriculture at scale on our 3acre farm! Every day we work with a group of 20 trainees to prepare, plant, cultivate, and harvest a vast array of vegetables, flowers, and herbs. Please stop by our farm from 10-4 (closed Mondays), leave a review on Google, shop our online or downtown store, and donate to our program! Thanks for your likes, shares, comments, and reposts!

05/18/2026

https://bit.ly/F2BHGP2026

We are so close to meeting our goal of $70,000 to support our Feed 2 Birds program! We are just $7,000 away. Help us reach the goal by donating today!

Click the link to give: https://bit.ly/F2BHGP2026

05/15/2026

Meet Our New Value Added Enterprise Associate, Patrice! 🌱