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Visual Aid: Urban Farms Have the Potential to Transform Phoenix

By James Deak

Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 6 a.m.

James Deak One of the volunteers attending to the soil for planting at Spaces of Opportunity Garden. 1/32

James Deak Lead volunteers directing others where help is needed at Spaces of Opportunity. 2/32

James Deak A girl takes a break from working, overlooking the progress everyone is making at Spaces of Opportunity. 3/32

James Deak A boy searching for bugs in the grass at Spaces of Opportunity. 4/32

James Deak He found a lady bug. 5/32

James Deak A volunteer putting loading soil into the back of a truck at Spaces of Opportunity. 6/32

James Deak A group planting session at Spaces of Opportunity in south Phoenix. 7/32

James Deak Young folks urban gardening. 8/32

James Deak Preparing the ground. 9/32

James Deak A volunteer pulling weeds at Spaces of Opportunity. 10/32

James Deak A young man attends to the weeds. 11/32

James Deak Anything to help out at Spaces of Opportunity. 12/32

James Deak There's no mistake this is the Spaces of Opportunity Garden. 13/32

James Deak A woman is set up to make flatbread. 14/32

James Deak Baking flatbread at the urban farm. 15/32

James Deak A finished product for the hungry volunteers. 16/32

James Deak A hand-drawn sign commemorating the TigerMountain Foundation. 17/32

James Deak Another smiling volunteer at the Garden of Tomorrow. 18/32

James Deak A volunteer delivers soil at Garden of Tomorrow. 19/32

James Deak A small crew loosens the soil at Garden of Tomorrow. 20/32

James Deak Happy to help out at Garden of Tomorrow. 21/32

James Deak Instructions are given on what to plant at Garden of Tomorrow. 22/32

James Deak Getting started on the soil at Garden of Tomorrow. 23/32

James Deak Volunteers tend beds at The Garden of Tomorrow in south Phoenix. 24/32

James Deak One of the many volunteers at Garden of Tomorrow. 25/32

James Deak A man inspects the ground at Garden of Tomorrow. 26/32

James Deak A task-oriented volunteer at Garden of Tomorrow. 27/32

James Deak A volunteer from Garden of Tomorrow. 28/32

James Deak The gardens of Garden of Tomorrow. 29/32

James Deak A volunteer works on potato plants at Garden of Tomorrow. 30/32

James Deak A volunteer loads up soil at Garden of Tomorrow. 31/32

James Deak A hand-painted garden bed at Garden of Tomorrow. 32/32

Visual Aid: Urban Farms Have the Potential to Transform Phoenix

Now more than ever, urban farms have the chance to impact the eating and shopping habits of the greater Phoenix area — as we reported in the feature story "Growing Up — Urban Farms Have the Potential to Transform Phoenix." Here's a look at two of the urban farms highlighted in the story and the many volunteers who tend to them: Spaces of Opportunity Garden and the Garden of Tomorrow, both in southern Phoenix.

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