Edible Healing
Garden

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garden beds21

A hospital-based community garden at LA General
2020 Zonal Ave, Los Angeles
Free parking and directions

Native soil
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About us

Food equity, nutrition education, and access to nature

The Edible Healing Garden is a hospital-based community garden to help promote food equity, provide nutrition and gardening education, and improve cultural diversity and inclusivity in the greater Los Angeles area to the medically underserved.

This garden intends to be a healing environment that also addresses nutrition insecurity in the population at the Los Angeles General Hospital (LAGH) by empowering families with nutrition knowledge, food sovereignty, and access to nature.

Our location2020 Zonal Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90033

Numbered
garden beds21

Native soil
patches2Taro & Tree Collard

Learn from dietitians

Hands-on nutrition lessons led by registered dietitians, right next to the plants they talk about.

Take home fresh produce

Participants leave with produce packages so what they learn makes it to the family table.

Cook and grow

Planting, harvesting, and simple recipes that build confidence in the kitchen and the garden.

Visit the garden

LA General Medical Center, 2020 Zonal Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90033

Aerial map of LA General Medical Center. The free parking lot sits on Zonal Ave, and a drawn path leads from the lot down the side of the 2020 Zonal Ave building to the garden. — Tap to enlarge the map

Getting here

Park for free in the medical center lot on Zonal Ave. From the lot, follow the path on the map down the side of the building to the garden.

When

Weekdays, by appointment. Plan a visit with us, or follow @EdibleHealingGarden for events and volunteer days.

Who

Everyone ages 3 and up (with a guardian): patients and visitors, the medical community, students and interns, and gardening enthusiasts.

Edible Healing Garden flyer covering why the garden exists, who can join, when to visit, activities you will learn, free workshops, and how to reach the garden — Tap to enlarge the flyer

Volunteer

We welcome gardeners, cooks, students, and anyone who wants to spend a few hours outdoors helping families grow and enjoy fresh food.

Sign up to volunteer

Ways to help

Planting, watering, and harvest days
Nutrition and cooking sessions
Packing produce for families

Donate

Your support will

Restore the right for any children and family to have access to healthy, culturally appropriate foods
Enable nutrition, gardening, and cooking education to promote healthy lifestyles
Increase food equity
Provide a safe space for people to grow their own food and establish food sovereignty
Empower every family and child that struggles with food insecurity

Make a donation

We’ll reply with how to give.

In-kind donations

Have plants, seeds, compost, mulch, extra fruits or vegetables from your own garden or business, or garden materials, equipment, supplies, or tools? Tell us what you’d like to donate.

Want to help plan future events and workshops? Let us know you’re interested!