NOMADgardens at Soup SF

Our community-driven pilot project, NOMADgardens, was accepted to present at Soup SF on Sunday, April 22nd and we were thrilled for the opportunity! This was the second Soup SF gathering at Red Poppy Art House and the gist is a benefit dinner to support community projects where you get a bowl of soup and a vote for $15. What a great concept adopted from Feast in Brooklyn and Sunday Soup in Chicago for the Bay Area! Our competition was Neighboratory - a week-long art workshop series in the Mission - and Mission High School Video Arts teacher seeking class funding.

We put together a very thorough and visually-stimulating presentation of the transportable community garden. Here are a few of the slides:

the vacant, deserted-looking site in Mission Bay

phase 1 with 12 garden plots

perspective view of garden with Mission Bay in the background

Unfortunately Mission High teacher beat us by a few points to win the loot but we met new supporters and collaborators for NOMAD. Onward and upward for our garden project! Stay tuned for our TED City2.0 submission, details on Mission Bay community festival, and prototypes of the transportable garden containers.

Thank you Soup SF and Red Poppy Art House for putting on an incredible event! We look forward to the attending the next one and seeing more inspirational community projects.

-kc