Dahlia Campus Farms & Gardens

About Dahlia Campus Farms & Gardens

Dahlia Campus Farms & Gardens connects people with fresh, local food. Dahlia Campus features an aquaponics greenhouse, a 40,000 square foot market farm and therapeutic gardens. These combined and accessible green spaces support community well-being

How to Buy Our Produce

Visit the Dahlia Farm Stand to shop for fresh local produce from our farm and greenhouse. We accept cash, credit card and SNAP, and offer affordable pricing. SNAP customers can receive a discount on purchases through Double Up Food Bucks.

Residents of Northeast Park Hill, Clayton, Cole and Five Points may be eligible to receive FREE produce delivery. Contact us for more details.

Visit Farm Stand

Visit the Northeast Park Hill Farm Stand at Dahlia Campus on Tuesdays from 4:00-6:00 p.m. to check out available produce for the day.

Contact Us

Email: greenhouse@wellpower.org
Phone: (303) 504-1635

Sign Up for Produce Delivery

Attention residents of Northeast Park Hill, Clayton, Cole & Five Points

Do you use SNAP?
Do you have transportation, mobility and/or health conditions that prevent you from visiting our site?

If you answered YES to one or both of questions, you are eligible to receive your produce delivered to your home for FREE (courtesy of Colorado Access). Contact us for more information.

Call (303) 504-1635 or email greenhouse@wellpower.org to sign up for deliveries.

Dahlia Community Cookbook 2023

Download the Dahlia community cookbook and discover over 25 recipes, available in both English and Spanish. Thank you to our Dahlia farmers and the community members who contributed.

Cookbook

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

SNAP is part of a federal nutrition program that provides food assistance benefits. Dahlia Campus' Northeast Park Hill Farm Stand accepts SNAP Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards for our produce sales. Apply for SNAP here.

Double Up Food Bucks

Anyone using SNAP is eligible for Double Up Food Bucks. If you purchase $1 of fruits or vegetables, you get another $1 worth of FREE fruits and vegetables (up to $20 per day).

Aquaponics Greenhouse

Dahlia Campus operates an aquaponics greenhouse where we grow produce and fresh fish year-round.

Aquaponics is a sustainable farming solution that recirculates water from fish tanks through vegetable grow beds.

Nutrients from the fish waste feed the plants and the plants filter the water to keep the fish healthy.

Market Farm

Dahlia Market Farm grows over 30 different kinds of vegetables including your favorites like tomatoes, cucumbers and okra. If you like what we grow, tell us. If you’d like to see us grow something missing, tell us that too.

The farmers use regenerative agricultural practices, such as cover crop, integrated pest management and crop rotation to keep our soil and produce healthy. Many of these practices are rooted in Indigenous wisdom and African American heritage.

The farmers also acknowledge current science best practices and always seek to combine generational knowledge with modern science and technology to aid in climate resilience.

All of this results in a farm that is beautiful and productive. Your Dahlia farmers hope you take some time to walk around the farm, stop and chat and take in the sights and sounds of the Farm!

Alcove Gardens

The alcove gardens are accessible to all people we serve, community members and staff. Here you will find perennial and annual herbs and flowers. Many of these plants are U-Pick. Please read the signs to know how best to harvest them. This garden space is currently maintained by your Dahlia farmers, and volunteers. If you are interested in learning more, please reach out to Shannon Hourigan, garden wellness coordinator.

Therapy Garden

The therapy garden is maintained by the garden wellness coordinator. The programming and activities offered here include plantings by Skyline Academy and Sewall Child Development Center students. The plants you can find in the therapy garden are intended to evoke sensory experiences. It is a peaceful space that can be enjoyed by anyone. This garden is ever-evolving to meet the needs of the people we serve.

Garden Wellness Program

The intention of the garden wellness program is to make the farms and gardens accessible to folks receiving services at Dahlia, those in the community, and staff. Seasonal scavenger hunts, pop-up gardening events, group activities, and wild-crafting opportunities are available for your use. Check our calendar or reach out to Shannon Hourigan for more information.

Our Partners

People’s Community Food Project was founded in 2014 by residents
concerned about food insecurity in Park Hill. The organization provides emergency food assistance and outreach programs geared towards wellness of children and seniors, food rescue and distribution with a focus on providing healthier sustainable choices for the community as a whole. For more information, please contact Pamela Washington at pdubb21@icloud.com.

Meet Our Team

Katie Huszcza
Associate Director of Operations and Farm Services

Katie's Bio

Katie has a passion for creating connections and building community through food and farming. She began a career in agriculture in 2011 at Innisfree Village, a 500-acre working farm that is also a living community for adults with disabilities. In 2013, Katie moved back home to Colorado to be the assistant farm manager at a high school on the Western Slope. Through these experiences she developed a passion for supporting people through horticulture and pursued professional registration as a horticultural therapist. Katie had the privilege of completing her horticultural therapy internship at the Denver Botanic Gardens and Craig Hospital where she worked collaboratively with patients and their medical teams to work towards recovery from traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries. Since then, she has managed a community farm, a cut flower operation and supported beginning farmers through training, mentorship, and land access. Katie joined the Dahlia Farms and Gardens team in 2021 and is thrilled to support such an amazing team and community.

Dave DeMarco
Lead Aquaponic Farm Coordinator

Dave's Bio

Dave started volunteering at Dahlia’s aquaponic greenhouse in early 2022, and he was hooked—by the riotous beauty of the greens and fish in the Denver winter, and by the Dahlia Farm and Garden team’s mission of providing fresh, nutritious food to the community. Dave subsequently worked alongside with the Farm and Gardens team in the greenhouse and outside on Dahlia’s market farm and gardens. In fall 2023, Dave was thrilled to step into the role of Lead Aquaponic Farm Coordinator, and he finds joy seeing food the team grows going home with community members. At the moment, Dave’s favorite farm veggies are tomatoes, garlic and swiss chard, which he uses to recreate his Italian grandma’s bean soup.

Andy Orozco Rivas
Market Farm Assistant

Andy's Bio

Andy was born and raised in Denver, CO. As a farmer, skateboarder and cyclist, he enjoys daily learnings and opportunities to connect with the earth. Every day he feels the sun kiss his brown skin is a blessing. He shares his connections and healing through working with soil and facilitating the life of plants. He lives for today and prays for the grass that’s greener on the “other side” to be a vegetable garden instead. Food not lawns.

Pamela Washington
Community Partner
People's Community Food Projects

Pamela's Bio

Denver, CO, native and 17-year Park Hill resident, Pamela Washington is the founder and executive director of People’s Community Food Projects. With a criminal justice and healthcare background, she set forth a path of action to help her community by addressing healthy food inequity and accessibility in Northeast Park Hill and surrounding neighborhoods. Connecting with Dahlia Campus for Health & Well-Being as a Farm and Garden partner, People’s Food Pantry and other programs were established. Pamela is a compassionate, motivated, artistic, witty visionary dedicated to loving and growing communities one at a time

Shannon Hourigan
Garden Wellness Coordinator

Shannon's Bio

Shannon is driven by her desire to steward the earth through tending to the health of the land, individuals and communities. Her current position as garden wellness coordinator embodies this desire, creating farm related programming for youth ages 2.5- 13, and engaging with community members, people we serve and therapists on the farm. She has a background in non-profit livestock and vegetable farming and a passion for food policy and education. When she’s not working, she’s likely relaxing with her partner and her three big dogs. She loves exploring the mountains, crafting, riding motor bikes, eating good food with good people and sleeping.

Anna Cooper
Community Coordinator

Anna's Bio

Anna joined the team in August of 2021. They believe that access to fresh and nutritious food is a fundamental human right—food heals the body, calms the mind and builds strong communities. They love working at the Dahlia campus where they can connect communities to locally grown veggies as well as the dedicated folks who grow them. Anna enjoys spending time in nature, gardening, and pursuing all kinds of artistic endeavors. Their favorite veggies are jalapeños and tomatillos—especially when combined to make salsa!

Erian Cook
Project Coordinator

Erian's Bio

Erian joined the team in April 2022. Moving from Hawaii to Colorado in 2010, she graduated from High School in Aurora, CO, and earned her BA in Psychology from the University of Wyoming. Erian is grateful to work at the Dahlia Campus which provides the community with resources to improve their emotional, mental and physical well-being. She loves the beauty and serenity found in nature and has a newfound admiration of trees as her partner is a Certified Arborist.

Ariana Hernandez
Food Access Coordinator

Ariana's Bio

Ariana started as an intern on the Dahlia Market Farm back in 2021. Since then, she has spent time on the farm developing a passion for food justice, learning different ways of farming, connecting with the community and expanding access to fresh foods. In 2022, Ariana officially joined the Dahlia Farm Team where she continues to learn, teach and grow (literally!). Working with and for the land is rooted in Ariana's lineage. Although forgotten, she hopes to re-remember and pass down this knowledge. When Ariana is not at work she enjoys painting, practicing Danza (Aztec dance), spending time with family and reading a good book.

Leslie Flores
PRN Aquaponics Assistant

Leslie's Bio

Leslie is passionate about (re)learning and (re)claiming her indigenous roots and teaching them to those around her. She comes from a lineage of midwives and farmers, which is where her deep connection to tending to the land and people stems from. She loves learning about medicinal herbs, flowers, vegetables and greens. One of her favorite medicinal flowers is Calendula. She joined the Dahlia Farm team as an intern, then an apprentice, and is now the PRN Aquaponic Assistant. Her passions include seed-bead jewelry, farming and tending to the tilapia fingerlings that grow in the Greenhouse for the North East Park Hill community.

Kat Fish
Aquaponics Coordinator

Kat's Bio

Affectionately known as Kat Fish by friends and family, Katherine Fish was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky. After moving to Denver in 2021, Kat worked as a hydroponic greenhouse lead and a production assistant for the Denver Botanic Gardens Urban Farm Program before joining the Dahlia team in January of 2024. Kat doesn't have a favorite thing to grow, but rather loves learning about new plants whenever possible, feeling great satisfaction in watching them flourish individually. Kat has always had a passion for plants and people, and witnessing the impact of sustainable farming on local communities has inspired Kat to engage in endeavors that combine her passion for horticulture with opportunities that benefit not only the environment but also the wellbeing of all people. Kat loves spending time in nature and has no problem getting her hands dirty. Her hobbies include backpacking, camping, climbing, snowboarding, writing, photography and seeing live music.

Get Involved

Dahlia Campus invites the community to help our gardens flourish by volunteering.

Volunteer With Us

Contact Us

Email: greenhouse@wellpower.org
Phone: 720.583.4743
Address: 3401 N. Eudora St., Denver, CO 80207
Hours: Mon, Wed, Fri: 8am - 5pm. Tues & Thurs: 8am - 7pm

History of Northeast Park Hill

Click on the video to the right for a brief history of Northeast Park Hill and to find out why Dahlia Campus Farms and Gardens fulfill a critical need.