Healthy Food Access

Newly resettled refugees often navigate intense isolation. As they adjust, it’s important for New Americans to stay connected to their cultural identity and to access familiar, healthy foods, like the fresh produce they’ve long used to create beloved heritage dishes.

That’s why Jolly Avenue Garden makes such a difference. For New American families living in apartments without access to growing space, the garden plots at Jolly Avenue become more than places to grow vegetables—they’re spaces to nurture connection to others in the community and for refugee gardeners to use their skills to grow fresh food for their families and neighbors. Here, refugee gardeners cultivate produce from their home, pass on valuable agricultural knowledge to the next generation, and have access to abundant green space where both healthy food and community thrive.

There are 93 community plots for rent. Each plot is 9ft x 9ft. One plot/per family. If multiple families want to grow together, plots can be combined for a larger communal growing space.