Sunset Vista Community Garden & Learning Center, Inc.
CLOSING OUR NON-PROFIT AFTER 10 YEARS OF SERVICE.
THANK YOU, DONORS AND VOLUNTEERS, FOR HELPING US REALIZE OUR MISSION. WE SERVED HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS, ADULTS, CLUBS,
HOME-SCHOOLERS AND CHURCH GROUPS. WE HOPE THAT AS A RESULT OF YOUR VISIT HERE, YOU WILL SPEND MORE TIME MARVELING AT
THE WONDERS IN NATURE, GROWING YOUR OWN GARDENS AND CHOOSING ORGANIC FOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME WITH US!
We were a 501(c)3 non-profit located at the beautiful Tuscan-themed Sunset View Farm in Andover Twp, New Jersey, offering a Community Supported Garden which includes an Accessible Garden, Children's Educational Garden, and Recreational/Picnic Area complete with Bocce Court and horseshoe pit, Onsite Learning Center and unique educational programs. Located on 20 acres of Sussex County farmland, Sunset Vista has been known for its breathtaking views of nature, beautiful gardens, and self-contained nature classroom. We supported and endorsed organic practices.
OUR MISSION: To provide small scale organic agriculture and self-sufficiency instruction to individuals and groups to deepen their understanding of food, its source and its relationship to health, while preserving the environment, to inspire others to recreate those principles in their own homes and community environments.
Our Children's Educational Garden
Our new Children's Educational Garden was open throughout 2018! Fun for kids and parents/grandparents/nannies/guardians.
Our Farm To School Program
We brought the farm to students. Hourly, half day and full day programs, in Spanish and English.
FARM TO BUSINESS WORKSHOPS! Informative and fun topics like Gardening in Small Spaces and Fighting Obesity with Food.
Our Onsite Learning Center
Sunset Vista was a National Arbor Foundation Certified Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom, incorporating the farm, the Community Supported Garden, the wooded Nature ID Trail and the fields. Children on field trips could feed the chickens, and explore where our food comes from and why making healthy choices matters.
WE SPONSORED PLOTS FOR THE FOOD INSECURE, WITH YOUR DONATIONS
We at Sunset Vista, along with our wonderful donors have been fierce advocates for everyone in the county to have fresh, healthful produce available to them.We were committed to helping those who are food-insecure. We offered a "grassroots" response to hunger in our community by growing food for the food-insecure and delivering it to local food pantries.
Our donors sponsored 23 garden plots for the food-insecure over the past 3 growing seasons.
