A Signature Program
Where generations grow together.
A garden partnership with Mountain Roots Education and the Senior Center of Jackson Hole. Kids grow food, seniors share wisdom, and fresh produce ends up on local plates.
What if a garden could connect a third-grader and a great-grandmother, and feed the neighborhood too?
The Jackson Hole Farmers Market is partnering with Mountain Roots Education and the Senior Center of Jackson Hole to build a garden that does exactly that. Hands in the same soil. Recipes traded across decades. Fresh harvests delivered to people who need them.
The pilot
Last summer, ten students proved the concept.
In our pilot season, one class of 10 students grew food in the garden, participated in weekly lessons, created recipes from their harvests, and provided fresh produce to the Senior Center of Jackson Hole. A small group, a big proof point.
10
Students in the pilot class
Weekly
Hands-on garden lessons
Recipes
Created from the harvest
Direct
Produce donations to the Senior Center
What's next
A thriving garden at the Senior Center.
Building on that pilot, the partnership is establishing a real, year-after-year garden at the Senior Center of Jackson Hole, paired with expanded hands-on educational programming for children. The intent: a multi-generational space where seniors share knowledge built up over a lifetime and youth discover where food comes from and how to grow it.
Intergenerational
A shared space where teaching and learning runs in both directions. Kids show curiosity, seniors share craft.
Hands in the soil
Weekly lessons that let students grow, harvest, cook, and clean up: the full life cycle of food.
Direct to the Senior Center
Fresh produce harvested by the kids supplies the Senior Center's kitchen, closing a small but meaningful loop.
Partners
Three organizations, one garden.
Mountain Roots Education
Hands-on educational programming and weekly garden lessons.
Senior Center of Jackson Hole
Garden site, intergenerational programming, and the kitchen receiving the harvest.
Jackson Hole Farmers Market
Coordination, fundraising, and the connection to the local food system.
