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The FoCo Commons

The Growing Project has a new community garden  in the dirt lot surrounding The FoCo Cafe (a pay-what-you-can cafe)! 

The COMMONS are the cultural and natural resources accessible to all members of a society, including natural materials such as air, water, and a habitable earth. These resources are held in common, not owned privately, and cared for by the COMMUNITY.

​This garden is used:
  • to provide educational opportunities for youth, disabled adults, seniors, and the general public
  • to grow food for the meals that the cafe serves on a daily basis
  • to provide meaningful work opportunities for people to earn meal tokens to the Cafe
  • to demonstrate different growing techniques in an urban setting
  • to provide a beautiful sanctuary for people to gather in the middle of downtown Fort Collins

​FOCO COMMONS COMMUNITY MEETING NOTES:  
  • 2019 Growing Season: In the google doc, look at the tabs on the bottom of the page for the meeting dates.

In 2018, The Growing Project moved our therapy garden to the FoCo Cafe where we hosted 3 weekly sessions with disabled adults. We are currently in the design process for the garden and will hopefully be breaking ground for the rest of the garden in February 2019!

This garden is located at 225 Maple Street in Fort Collins, CO.

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