Downtown Teaching Farm

Our downtown Boise campus is 6 seasons into an amazing partnership with a neighboring church to tend and manage large school farm and community garden (2/3 acre edibles and pollinator gardens, 1/3 acre community orchard), known as the Downtown Teaching Farm.

 2017 DTFarm goals are:
*Apiary (area planted and enclosure built in 2016, ready for hives and bees)
*Additions of soft fruits
*Addition of perennial edibles (asparagus, rhubarb, horseradish)
*Improved water efficiency (timers, flow/pressure regulators, drip for raised beds)
*Insectary/edge herb and native and waterwise plantings
*Continued soil restoration and soil management of our 33 long rows, orchard, raspberry hedges, and 17 raised beds
*Collaboration with Boise Food Salvage for harvest → hot meal initiatives (for area Homeless)
*Continued engagement with area elementary classrooms
*Continued school-wide use of garden as outdoor classroom/learning lab
*Building and installation of all-weather benches for outdoor classroom

Only two blocks Northwest of our school campus, the DTFarm is located on our neighbor's land (FUMC, The Cathedral of the Rockies).  It functions as a community garden all year round.  Our school campus is a mere 3 acres - the Downtown Teaching Farm is truly a green space within our community.