A BELOVED COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
Growing food, healing, and collective care in East Oakland.
The 47th Avenue Beloved Community Garden is a living expression of Beloved Communities Network’s vision to cultivate “ten thousand beloved communities.” Together, neighbors are transforming land into a shared space of nourishment, learning, stewardship, and belonging.
More than a garden
This is not simply a place where food is grown. It is a community of practice rooted in healing justice, mutual aid, deep democracy, and collective care.
In partnership with Tandi Family Farms, the garden serves as a community-managed space where neighbors grow fresh organic food, share knowledge across generations, and strengthen relationships through collective stewardship.
Designed using permaculture principles, the garden supports sustainable food production while creating opportunities for connection, learning, and community leadership.
WHAT WE'RE GROWING TOGETHER
Fresh Food
Organic fruits, vegetables, and herbs grown for neighborhood nourishment and distribution.
Knowledge & Skills
Hands-on learning in gardening, composting, cooking, and sustainable food practices.
Community Care
Relationships rooted in trust, belonging, cultural connection, and shared responsibility.
Leadership
Opportunities for youth, families, elders, and neighbors to shape and steward the space together.
A DIFFERENT MODEL OF FOOD JUSTICE
Many food programs operate through a transactional model that provides food to people in need. Our approach is different. At the 47th Avenue Beloved Community Garden, people are not recipients. They are co-creators.
Neighbors participate in every aspect of the garden, from design and planting to harvesting and community meals. Through this work, food becomes more than sustenance. It becomes a pathway toward healing, connection, dignity, and collective liberation.
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE GARDEN
Biweekly Volunteer Days
Hands-on opportunities to plant, maintain, and steward the garden together.
Cooking Classes
Community-centered cooking experiences rooted in culture, nourishment, and seasonal harvests.
Community Meals
Quarterly gatherings that celebrate food, culture, and connection through shared meals.
Workshops & Skill Sharing
Learning opportunities focused on gardening, harvesting, composting, sustainability, and land stewardship.
ROOTED ACROSS GENERATIONS
Young people are central to this work. Through hands-on participation, youth build confidence, leadership, and a deeper understanding of food systems, environmental stewardship, and collective care.
The garden also creates space for elders and caregivers to share stories, cultural traditions, and wisdom across generations — strengthening community through shared learning and relationship.
WHY THIS MATTERS
East Oakland communities continue to face barriers to accessing fresh, affordable, and culturally relevant food, along with limited access to land and green space.
The 47th Avenue Beloved Community Garden helps build community-owned food infrastructure that supports long-term nourishment, resilience, ecological stewardship, and belonging.
This work is about more than food access. It is about cultivating the conditions for communities to thrive together.
A MODEL THAT CAN GROW
The 47th Avenue Beloved Community Garden is designed as a replicable model for community-rooted stewardship and collective care.
By strengthening participation, leadership, and shared responsibility, we are creating a framework that communities can adapt and grow in their own neighborhoods.
This is how we cultivate beloved communities:
one garden, one relationship, one shared meal at a time.
GROW WITH US
Together, we are growing more than food. We are growing collective care, healing, and belonging.
Whether you volunteer, attend a community meal, partner with us, or support the garden financially, you are helping cultivate a Beloved Community in practice.
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Get in Touch with Us
We would love to speak with you about the Beloved Community Network.
For any questions or comments, or to reach out to us about our programs or offerings, please submit the completed form and we will get back to you as soon as we can.