Recapping the SOFSA Urban Garden Tour

On Saturday, August 26th, 2023, SOFSA and community partner, Chellsea Jones of Sweet Venus Farm collaborated to host SOFSA's first Urban Garden Tour. The Garden Tour took inspiration from neighborhood garden tours taking place in Syracuse and regionally, and past garden tours organized by Syracuse Grows. The tour highlighted the resourceful and inspirational home and community gardens throughout our city. Residents proudly showed off their DIY methods for growing and preserving food. Check out some of the photos from the tour, and stay tuned for the upcoming launch of SOFSA's Urban Agriculture working group.

Chellsea (right) and two garden "tourists" pose behind Chellsea's trellis.

Garlic hanging to dry in Chellsea's greenhouse/curing station.

Jessica weeds amongst Bread & Roses's in-ground beds.

Emma poses with shiitake logs.

Wes shows off his beautiful green peppers at the Interfaith Community Garden.

Wes illustrates for Kayla his plans for solar installation on the shed roof.

Frank and Jacob pose for a photo outside the Bitternut Homestead Collective.

Ursula offers us some grapes.

Bria poses with her cole crops, growing in the shade for fall planting.

Lamont stands under his hanging garden of cucumbers while Tre picks up fallen cucumber blossoms.

Heather offers elderflower soda to the group and shares about her sunflower-loving goldfinch friends.

Heather shows off her perennial garden and homemade deer fence.

Annabel and Dylan pose under their home-made hoop house, full of sunflowers.

Althea shows off her baby chicks.