WHO WE ARE
Sarvodaya Institute, based in Los Angeles, was founded in 2010 to nourish the common well-being of people and planet.
Since then, we have worked to help our community remember humanities role in Earth-care as farmers, gardeners, and lovers of all life.
Learn and explore with us as we recognize ourselves as soil, and our concrete cities as Nature. Come meet us at our popular nursery, watch a few of our educational & how-to videos, or take a tour of one of our three ecological demonstration gardens.
Support our work by becoming a Monthly Member.
Monthly Member's Gardening Lesson
Looking to learn how to garden and grow food at home? Join us once a month on for a LIVE gardening lesson with our farmers via Zoom.
Learning something new every month and get your burning gardening questions answered! Become a member and we'll help get you started caring for soil and growing food for your family at home!
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Demonstration Gardens
The Growing Home
The Growing Home is our suburban home demonstration site located in Diamond Bar, CA (suburb of Los Angeles). Formerly
a standard tract home with green grass, The Growing Home is now an ecologically-designed natural habitat that grows thousands of pounds of food for humans & wildlife, converts green waste into healthy soil, cleanses urban air pollution, harvests rainwater, and regulates its own temperature.
Sarvodaya Farms & Nursery
Sarvodaya Farms & Nursery is our urban farm demonstration site located in Pomona, CA. Sarvodaya Farms shows how blighted urban lots can be converted into productive, beautiful mini-farms that grow healthy, organic food for the local
community, while also cleansing the air, reducing run-off pollution, providing green gathering space, and serving as urban centers of connection with Nature.
The Growing Commons
Our latest demonstration site is a holistically designed orchard at the Claremont Friends Quaker Meeting. The Growing Commons was developed using ecological design principles and features to create a rich, food producing ecosystem. Highlights include rooftop and curbside water harvesting, California native plants, drought resilient fruit trees, mulching, and soil regeneration. This project is still under development, so look out for workshops hosted at this
location.
Events & Workshops
Every month we host a variety of classes, workshops and events at our farm, Sarvodaya Farms.
Join us for fun & educational art workshops, yoga sessions, workouts, meditation, and more!
See our schedule of upcoming events at Healing Gardens
Looking for a beautiful space to rent for your class or event? Get in touch with us.