In September of 2013, the Colorado Front Range experienced a 1-in-1,000 year flood, causing shortages of food water, and fuel in Nederland. Concerned about the threats posed by climate change and a precarious global economy, two local residents resolved to do what they could to make Nederland a more resilient community. They decided to start by building local food systems.
Victory Gardens became a 501c3 nonprofit in 2014 with a founding mission to increase local food security by growing food on scale, developing partnerships, and providing educational services. As directors, we envisioned a grassroots effort that involved the entire community. We made public presentations to the community, hosted community gatherings, and grew food at the Community Center, the Nederland Library, and a private property in Eldora. Then in 2018, our friend Lyn Hanna offered her property on West 3rd Street to be the permanent home of Victory Gardens. We've been growing food there ever since. We are forever grateful for her generosity and foresight.
What motivates us is seeing people respond to delicious and nutritious food, to pollinator gardens full of butterflies and hummingbirds, to the feel of rich soil in their hands. They understand the ecological and economic challenges of our time, and they want to get their lives in line with what they know to be real. They envision a better world in which their work has purpose and meaning.
Victory Gardens became a 501c3 nonprofit in 2014 with a founding mission to increase local food security by growing food on scale, developing partnerships, and providing educational services. As directors, we envisioned a grassroots effort that involved the entire community. We made public presentations to the community, hosted community gatherings, and grew food at the Community Center, the Nederland Library, and a private property in Eldora. Then in 2018, our friend Lyn Hanna offered her property on West 3rd Street to be the permanent home of Victory Gardens. We've been growing food there ever since. We are forever grateful for her generosity and foresight.
What motivates us is seeing people respond to delicious and nutritious food, to pollinator gardens full of butterflies and hummingbirds, to the feel of rich soil in their hands. They understand the ecological and economic challenges of our time, and they want to get their lives in line with what they know to be real. They envision a better world in which their work has purpose and meaning.