Where nature nurtures growth, connection, and new beginnings.
Imagine peaceful gardens, forest paths, and shared green spaces where people can slow down, learn, contribute, and reconnect—with nature, their neighbors, and themselves.
Explore the Vision ↓The Gardens & Forests area of the Do Hard Things campus is envisioned as a welcoming outdoor sanctuary for the entire community. From community garden plots to accessible walking trails, shaded gathering spaces, and educational greenhouses, nature can become a place for belonging, service, learning, and reflection.
These spaces could serve people navigating reentry or recovery, families and children, older adults, volunteers, and anyone who benefits from time outdoors. We hope to develop them in partnership with experienced gardening, conservation, education, and community organizations.
Shared garden beds where neighbors can grow vegetables, herbs, and flowers while learning practical skills and building friendships.
Potential year-round growing spaces, gardening workshops, and hands-on education in planting, harvesting, and caring for living things.
Inviting pathways and places to enjoy movement, fresh air, quiet conversation, and the beauty of the surrounding landscape.
Peaceful seating areas, sensory gardens, and quiet places for reflection, mindfulness, and connection with nature.
Nature education, children's activities, seasonal events, and opportunities to learn about healthy food and environmental stewardship.
Hands-on opportunities to contribute through planting, maintenance, landscaping, and garden care, with potential pathways to work experience.
You arrive at the campus feeling overwhelmed. A volunteer invites you to help plant a garden bed. You learn something new, meet people who welcome you, and begin to see the results of your care and effort. A simple afternoon outdoors becomes an opportunity for purpose, routine, and connection.
Your nonprofit wants to host a gardening workshop, nature walk, outdoor support group, or youth activity. Instead of needing to create an entire facility on your own, you could collaborate with the campus and neighboring organizations to bring that idea to life.
When we create room for nature to grow, we create room for people to grow, too.
We envision opportunities to share harvested produce with community food-support initiatives, teach practical gardening and nutrition skills, and invite volunteers of different ages and backgrounds to work side by side. Partnerships with local educators, horticulture specialists, environmental groups, and nonprofits could help shape the programming and care of these spaces.
Are you a gardener, landscape professional, educator, conservation organization, nonprofit leader, or community member who would love to help shape this space? We'd welcome the conversation.
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