Upcoming Events

Workday & Herbal Tea Station

• Saturday, April 5, 2025 (Rain Date April 6)

• 2 - 4 PM

Join the Hope Garden stewardship team for their first Saturday workday of 2025! This workday will help get the garden ready for the spring season. Prepare to get your hands in the dirt and plant, weed, and clean up the garden!

Lauren Almquist from Heartspace Herbals will be running an herbal tea station with a variety of refreshing, healthy teas. Stop by to taste chamomile, bee balm, nettle teas, and more!

Check back regularly for updates. Email Alice at alice@bostonfoodforest.org with questions and ideas.

A Bit About Hope Garden

For neighbors who are interested in growing food and plants, the garden has four large raised beds, a pollinator garden and several fruit trees and shrubs. It even has an urban greenhouse for indoor plant growing and tool storage. Additionally, the Boston Food Forest Coalition provides educational workshops and individual support to neighbors of Hope Garden who are interested in caring for the space and building their gardening skills. 

Hope Garden is currently looking to expand its team of stewards. Stewards are the main caretakers of a garden/food forest, and have the opportunity to drive decision-making for this community asset: what to grow, how to engage neighbors, and what programming to offer. 

If you are interested in joining the stewardship team, please contact Alice Tilton at alice@bostonfoodforest.org or 617-237-6780.

History

Hope Garden was once a vacant lot on bustling Geneva Street in Dorchester. Through partnership and collaboration between neighbors, community members, and various local organizations, this previously-neglected space was transformed into a community-run garden and food forest open to the public.

As a beautiful public green space on a busy street, Hope Garden is now a lovely area for sitting and enjoying nature, especially for riders of the 15, 19 and 17 buses, which stop right outside the garden. The space has benches and tables along the sidewalk facing the street.