Taste the Fruits (and Vegetables) of your Labor – Become a CSA Volunteer!

Photo by Scott Dressel-Martin

Following 2010’s wildly successful inaugural year, the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield is gearing up for its second year of delighting foodies across the Denver Metro Area with fresh, locally-grown produce.

Expanding the growing plot from one acre in 2010 to three acres in 2011, the need for volunteer assistance has increased. Volunteers are needed to plant, weed, 
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Community Supporting Agriculture at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield

Denver Botanic Gardens and Kaiser Permanente have created a first-of-its-kind community supporting agriculture (CSA) program. The community farm will provide fresh local produce to Colorado families.

Made possible through a three-year, $500,000 grant from Kaiser Permanente, the CSA will operate as a community farm at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield—located at C-470 and Wadsworth Blvd. in Littleton. Shares of the CSA are sold to members of the public who then receive portions of the garden’s fresh produce during the harvest season, from June through October.

This new venture marks an important milestone: The Gardens is the first botanical garden in the country to operate a CSA program of this scale.
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