Victory Garden Initiative

VICTORY GARDEN INITIATIVE builds communities that grow their own food in order to create a community-based, socially just, environmentally sustainable and nutritious food system for all.

We are a grassroots nonprofit organization that:

• teaches and promotes urban agriculture
• builds raised garden beds
• organizes communities
• grows food forests
• cultivates leadership
• promotes social justice, environmental sustainability, food sovereignty, food security, health and wellness 

...all through growing food!

This is a grassroots movement. Move grass. Grow food.

OUR PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES

• THE GREAT MILWAUKEE VICTORY GARDEN BLITZ is our biggest event! With hundreds of volunteers, we install as many 4 x 8 ft. raised-bed gardens as we can in two weeks. With the help of hundreds of volunteers each year, we have built 7800 so far.
• YEP! YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAM takes kids of all ages out of the classroom into the garden, getting their hands dirty and their hearts excited about growing food. We work on gardening skills; improved perceptions of produce, soil, and the natural environment; group work; nutritional knowledge, and more. 
• FRIDAY FARMSTAND is our weekly distribution of FREE fresh, healthy produce harvested directly from the urban farm! Residents are invited to come and take what they need on a pay-what-you-can basis. 
• MOVE GRASS CLASSES help to teach adults how they can take their gardening skills to the next level by learning tips and tricks for extended harvests, keeping pests away, and knowing what your plants need! 
• VICTORY GARDEN URBAN FARM is our community garden, urban orchard, compost site, rainwater harvesting demonstration, and production farm in Milwaukee’s Harambee neighborhood. We play, eat, learn, explore, and create a tangible vision of a healthy, socially just food system on this beautiful land.