Urban Farm at Enston Home

Together, we can create a healthy urban center and environment for our residents and our future generations in Charleston.

Located at the intersection of King Street and Huger Street in the Upper Peninsula of Downtown Charleston, the Urban Farm at Enston Home is a partnership between the Green Heart Project and the Charleston Housing Authority. It fulfills the spirit of William Enston’s will by building a garden for its residents, while serving as an educational asset for surrounding schools.

1. Farm to School and outdoor education for 3 surrounding schools

The farm will serve all students of James Simons Elementary School, Charleston Charter School for Math and Science, and Charleston Catholic School, increasing the Green Heart Project’s current reach of 1,200 students to a total of 2,200 students.

2. A new youth internship program for high school students

The Green Heart Project’s Youth Internship Program will employ young people in the Charleston area to develop career and healthy living skills and to promote engaged citizenship through urban farming. Now accepting applications for both Crew Member and Crew Leader positions for Summer 2020 – Click here to learn more and apply by March 1, 2020!

3. Access to healthy food for students and neighbors

The farm will increase the Green Heart Project’s total fruit and vegetable production capacity from 2,000 lbs per year, to 5,000 lbs per year. The food will be donated to schools and sold at affordable prices to residents and neighbors.

4. Community building for residents of the Upper Peninsula

Volunteer opportunities, public events, and an accessible gathering space will promote community building among residents in a rapidly changing neighborhood.

Urban Farm Build Partners

Charleston Housing Authority

Charleston Housing Authority provides decent, safe, sanitary and affordable housing to low and moderate income citizens of the City of Charleston

SeamonWhiteside

SeamonWhiteside is a leader of environmentally conscious, low-impact advancements in engineering and site design. SW blends civil engineering and landscape architecture to create holistic and sustainable environments.

Yellowstone Landscape

James White Construction

Clemson School of Architecture

Timber Artisans, LLC

United Equipment Rental
Sanders Brothers
Vulcan Materials
Hunter Industries
West Locating Services, Inc.
Rainbow Tree Scientific
Buck Lumber
Ewing Irrigation Landscape & Supply
New World Byzantine
Site-One
Dominion Energy
City of Charleston
Maglin
GutterboyzSC
Trashgurl
The Erosion Company

Urban Farm Donors

Urban Farm Visionaries

Karalee Nielsen Fallert
Wes and Lindsey Carter
Scott and Lynn Phillips
George Stevens
Ann and Bob King
Terri Henning
Ann Calhoun
The Boeing Company
Susan Pearlstine

 

Garden Champions

Stony Point Foundation
ERM Foundation
Accountfully
Rich Yessian
SCACED
Doug and Fran Blom
Mungo Homes
Bloom Foundation

 

Cultivators

Tito’s Vodka
SC Agricultural Society
Tope Leyimu
Scott Sasser
Kendra Stewart & Harry Lesesne
Abigail Walsh
Greystar
TD Charitable Foundation
Bank of America Foundation

 

Growers

The Boeing Company – ECF Fund
Kaitlin Dapore
Erin Ziegler
Weston Fennell
Annie Kouba
Clement, Crawford & Thornhill
Hasbro Inc.
Stephen Hanson
Harvest Catering
Ben & Cameron Liebatrau
The Gregory Company
Michael Cain
Morneek Bellinger-Holloway
Ice Box
Technical Event Company
Reason One
Limehouse Produce
Nikki Seibert Kelley
Kate Ledbetter
Miwa Robbins and Neva Ferrantelli