Seeding Community

A man holding a young girl, both looking at a bowl of strawberries and snap peas being offered to them outdoors in a garden.

Rooted in restorative practices, Diaspora Gardens cultivates healing and connection through land, food, and community. By repairing relationships with the earth and each other, we can honor ancestral wisdom and create spaces of rest, resilience, and justice for marginalized communities.

Land-Based Physical Wellness

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Ancestral Connection

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Community Connection

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Spiritual Guidance

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Land & Culture Immersions

Land-Based Physical Wellness ✳︎ Ancestral Connection ✳︎ Community Connection ✳︎ Spiritual Guidance ✳︎ Land & Culture Immersions

  • Two young women standing in a garden, watering plants in black containers, surrounded by tall green plants and grass, smiling at the camera.

    Planting Connections, Planting Hope

    A program that creates art, spirit and gardening experiences for and with members of the African Heritage and other historically excluded communities.

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  • Small seedlings sprouting from soil in an orange plastic pot on green grass.

    Seeds of Repair

    Subscription-based shares of online creativity & connection inspired by the Growing Season

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  • An elderly woman sitting on a wooden bench outdoors, writing in a notepad, surrounded by green grass and blooming yellow flowers.

    Garden of the Soul

    Retreat Days for body, soul, and imagination to follow the rhythms of the earth & garden into a time of opening, rooting, rising, and seeding hope

    Dates & Registration
  • Basket filled with fresh vegetables and eggs, including tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, zucchini, green onions, lettuce, leafy greens, garlic, peppers, and a bunch of eggs, placed outdoors on grass.

    Small-Scale Local Agriculture

    Food and medicines cultivated regeneratively by hand with heart. Supplied to guests and local markets, and via limited shares.

  • Children and an adult in a garden, with some children playing musical instruments, others seated, surrounded by flowers and greenery.

    The Giving Garden

    An African Heritage communal garden and food access project in the Duluth Hillside Neighborhood

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  • A woman in a red sweater and black apron holding a small item at a craft stall decorated for the holiday season, with another woman arranging crafts behind her. The table is covered with a colorful patterned cloth displaying various handmade items, jars, and signs.

    Herbal Wellness Products & Gifts

    Diaspora Gardens-cultivated herbs and plants carefully crafted into products for health and delight. Available at local Holiday markets and coming to online store this fall!

"The experience was rejuvenating food for my weary soul."

Hawona

"There was a sense of overflowing generosity, love, and acceptance. You created a container of safety for all of us to just be."

Sara

"...Filled my spirit to overflowing. I was so depleted... and afterwards I felt like I was a well flowing with blessings and healing to share."

Monarda

"You did a spectacular job of holding space for our experimentation, our playfulness, and for showing our true selves."

Sharon