About the Nonprofit
Visit Our Website Nonprofit Category: C - Environment
Exempt Status: 501(c)(3) (IRS Form 990 Filed)
Gardopia sprouted in 2015 to address health disparities in a high-crime corridor on the near-Eastside of San Antonio. Initially funded by the San Antonio Housing Authority (SAHA), Gardopia implemented crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) as a methodology to reduce crime around an abandoned lot. Working with SAHA, this became San Antonio Eastside's first "gardopia," or garden utopia, where neighbors grow their own food and transform their community.
Our mission is to grow healthy communities through garden-based learning. Our vision is a sustainable society, empowered and educated to lead healthy lifestyles through gardening.
Events
Garden Awards Gala on August 11, 2022