Our Mission
Growing healthy communities through garden-based learning.
Our Vision
A sustainable society, empowered and educated to lead healthy lifestyles through gardening.
Our Story
A seed and a dream...
Gardopia sprouted in 2015 to address health disparities in a high-crime corridor on the near-Eastside of San Antonio. Initially funded by the San Antonio Housing Authority (SAHA), Gardopia implemented crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) as a methodology to reduce crime around an abandoned lot. Working with SAHA, this became the Eastside's first "gardopia," or garden utopia, where neighbors grow their own food and transform their community.