Good Neighbor Gardens

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Good Neighbor Gardens

Neighbors farming the city, sharing the harvest. Our space-efficient, eco-friendly and community minded operation is one from which everyone stands to benefit.

OUR MODEL

We farm yards and schools in San Diego homes to deliver organic, locally grown, pesticide-free produce through a CSA model. Our goal is to create a community of neighbors sharing their resources to ensure that everyone has access to the healthiest, freshest food at an affordable price. We want to teach the benefits of eating seasonally, promote an alternative way of feeding our families, and expose you to new and beautiful vegetables! "To waste and exhaust the land instead of using it to increase its usefulness will result in undermining, in the days of our children, the very prosperity which we ought to hand down to them amplified and developed."

-Theodore Roosevelt, 1907

11/19/2025

Meet Alissa and Yvette, our wonderful farmers who have been training the staff over at on how to grow food! Living 4 2 Day provides specialized services for adults with disabilities in which the clients and the staff work together to produce healthy, organic food for themselves, their families, and the San Diego community at large. Some of the food that is grown is also aggregated and distributed in our bi-weekly CSA Harvest Box. Alissa and Yvette work tirelessly to ensure that the gardens are well maintained, well harvested, and the staff are empowered to keep growing while they are not around. We are so grateful for them.

11/13/2025

We were honored to take a group of AP Environmental Studies students from Patrick Henry High School to last week! These students, all individually selected to attend because of their high engagement in class, are going to be the future thought leaders and change-makers of their generation. We couldn’t feel more blessed to share about vermicomposting and permaculture with them at such an important moment in time.

At the end of the trip, many students expressed their desire to get more involved with food distribution in their neighborhood, and a few even mentioned that they’d like to start volunteering with us!

We are grateful to the California Department of Food and Agriculture who granted us the ability to make field trips like this possible at no cost to the school. We look forward to continuing to share about these farming techniques with more schools in the next few months. 🙏🏼

11/12/2025

Join Good Neighbor Gardens at on the second Friday of each month from 9:30 - 11:00 am and learn how to grow your own organic fresh fruits, herbs and vegetables, save seeds, and make compost 🌱

Adult and children 10+ with an adult are welcome! Come grow with us this upcoming Friday, November 14th. Link to sign up in bio.

11/06/2025

Across the U.S., federal funding delays and SNAP benefit disruptions are hitting families hard. When government support falters, the impact ripples through every part of the food chain — from farmer to consumer.

The crisis in brief:
❌ SNAP (food stamps) feeds over 41 million Americans each month. During shutdowns or budget freezes, that support stalls.
❌ Farmers lose demands, and small distributors lose cash flow.
❌ Consumers — especially children and seniors, face immediate food insecurity.
❌ Local growers and co-ops step in, often at personal cost, to fill the gap.

Through our Harvest Box Co-op, neighbors share what is grown in their yards, and we distribute the extras they choose to share with local regenerative farm partner harvest. Each bi-monthly distribution day, harvest subscribers choose whether they want their box or to donate their share. Everybody has the opportunity to pay it forward in this model.

This week’s charity is the Alpha Project, whose mission it is to empower individuals, families, and communities by providing work, recovery, housing, and support services to people who are motivated to change their lives and achieve self-sufficiency.

Click the link in our bio to learn more about how you can get involved with our work in the community.

11/04/2025

We’re hiring a part time school garden educator! Do you love children, being outdoors, and are passionate about locally grown, organic food? Come work for Good Neighbor Gardens!

We are reviewing applications on a rolling basis until December 15th, 2025. Fill out the application at tinyurl.com/gnggardeneducator or click the link in our bio to apply. 🌱

11/03/2025

Our dearest subscriber, Lara, is moving out of San Diego, and we are so sad to see her go! 😣

Lara has been a subscriber for over 5 years now and is a prime example of someone who gets in where they fit in. When she is out of town, she ops to donate her box to our charity of the week. She has donated worm castings to our school gardens so that the kids can learn about soil and nutrients. We are so grateful for all of the contributions that she has made to Good Neighbor Gardens throughout the years, and we wish her the best on her move!!

Want to learn how you can get involved with GNG and get in where you fit in? Check out the volunteer opportunities on our website for more. Link in bio 😉

10/29/2025

Is a seed dead or alive? In our first garden class of the year, we debated this topic with the students.

Living things have water in them. A seed must be fully dry and essentially “die” before becoming “alive” again when given water and nutrients. A seed is a powerful symbol of hope, the future, faith in life.

We are beginning to prepare the garden for the cool season crops, so we’re planting our brassicas seeds. It’s the students’ duty to care for them between garden classes. It is all of our collective hope that germinating these seeds will bring forth a future filled with vitality for all of us.

So what do you think… is a seed dead or alive? 🌱

10/28/2025

Volunteer for Good Neighbor Gardens and save fallen fruit! 🍏

Fruit trees are a beacon of abundance, and we want to make sure that none of those blessings go to waste. Click the link in our bio to become a volunteer “no fallen fruit” picker so that these earthly gifts are honored as intended.

10/23/2025

Join us on November 8th at the Jefferson Elementary Harvest Kitchen for a fire cider event collaboration with 🍋

At this event, you’ll learn about the history of fire cider, why it’s important, and how to make it! All you’ll need to bring is a jar and some apple cider vinegar.

This event will also include a tour of the Jefferson Elementary school garden and an orientation to the Harvest Kit hen garden program.

If you’re interested in joining, click the link in our bio to register🌶️

10/22/2025

Happy pomegranate season! ❤️

Do you love picking pomegranates? Or, is your pomegranate (or another kind of fruit) tree overflowing with abundance? We’ve got you covered!

Volunteer to help us rescue fruit! Or sign up to make sure your fruit tree has no fallen fruit this year. Whatever you can offer, Good Neighbor Gardens has a place for you to get in where you fit in. Click the link in our bio to check out our current volunteer opportunities.

10/17/2025

When you RSVP “No” and “Donate” we pass your harvest on to someone who we have identified in need. Any surplus goes to a charitable organization. Nancy Francis is GNG’s volunteer charity “stork”. She helps us identify organizations that serve the underserved and delivers it to them after we build the harvest boxes for those who RSVP “Yes”. We are so thankful for Nancy who has been tireless in helping us pay it forward since 2019!

Last week’s charity is the Alpha Project:

Alpha Project’s mission is to empower individuals, families, and communities by providing work, recovery, housing and support services to people who are motivated to change their lives and achieve self-sufficiency.

If delivering surplus food to local charities interests you, check out the the “stork” volunteer opportunity on our website!

10/15/2025

Want to be part of our Friday compost crew and learn about the world of decomposition and building soil? Sign up for one of our new volunteer opportunities on our website (link in bio). The earthworms and pillbugs thank you!!🪱

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San Diego, CA

Telephone

+18583756121

Website

http://www.goodneighborgardens.com/

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