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Horticulture

  • A community garden is a low-risk, high-visibility first project that feeds members and demonstrates the Cadre model to the neighborhood.
  • Organize a Horticulture sub-committee under Production so growing has a clear home and accountable leadership.
  • Start with potatoes and other calorie-dense staples: resilient, difficult to mess up, and a reliable baseline of calories.
  • If vegetables come from distant suppliers, expand gardens or invest in greenhouses to shrink supply chain reliance.
  • Pair staples with perennials and medicinal plants so the garden keeps producing and surplus becomes a tool for outreach.
  • Multiple seasons are required to perfect growing methods in your context, so start now and treat each cycle as an after-action review.
  • A garden is a place to build trust through shared work, where neighbors see resilience happening and want to join.

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