On a recent trip to see my sister in Eugene, we had the opportunity to visit “The Urban Farm” that is located on the University of Oregon campus.  The nearly two-acre garden is beautiful, quiet and serene, reflecting the love and constant attention given by the student caretakers.  We took a slow stroll through wonderfully lush vegetable gardens, colorful flower beds alive with pollinators, groves of stoic old trees, and several quiet nooks for meditating.

The Urban Farm was created in 1976 under the University of Oregon's Department of Landscape Architecture Department to give students the opportunity to learn and grow their own food. The farm serves as “a model for alternative urban land use where people grow food, work together, take care of the land, and build community”.

For more information about this garden, and how to create something similar locally, contact:

Harper Keeler

Director, Urban Farm

hkeeler@uoregon.edu

https://urbanfarm.uoregon.edu/about/