One of our newest ongoing programs is the installation of "pocket farms" throughout Apopka. These raised garden beds, placed throughout Downtown Apopka, are built on stilts for easy accessibility and host various seasonal vegetables, herbs, and flowers for the whole community to enjoy!
A pocket farm is a small, shallow raised garden bed, build on stilts for easy accessibility, usually only a few square feet in size. They are located in an open urban area surrounded by commercial buildings where the community can access fresh food and gardening activities.
The purpose of our pocket farms are to reverse the disastrous food desert the South Apopka region is experiencing and provide gardening opportunities and fresh foods to the community.
You can find our pocket farms by the Apopka Murals next to Downtown Barbers (Main St.), behind the Central Florida Tang Soo Do martial arts studio (Main St.), and in front of Propagate Social House (5th St.)
Our pocket farms are built to suit and installed with low-maintenance vegetables, herbs, and flowering plants to attract pollinators. Light pruning, fruit picking, and watering are the only real care needed to keep these gardens looking great and growing fast!
Visiting a pocket farm? Click here for more detailed care instructions