MESA Garden Project

Our 2023 Spring Youth Council group worked with Watershed Progressive to design a native plant garden at MESA. MESA is a housing facility for transitional foster youths located in Ojai Valley. The design for the garden was a native plant garden demonstrating different ecosystems in Ojai Valley as well as a sensory garden that will serve as a therapeutic space for the residents at MESA farm.

The C.R.E.W. team helped us to remove 20 tons of asphalt at MESA farm. They then added soil and mulch to the area in preparation of our volunteer planting events. Youth Council teens led two volunteer events to plant 250 native plants including california buckwheat, white sage, toyon, coyote mint and dudleyas. We also installed a drip irrigation system to help the plants to establish and ensure the longevity of this project.