Community Housing
BackVegepod's HomeGrown program is designed for community-style gardening with shared or social living settings. It encourages neighbours to come together to share knowledge, learn from each other, get to know each other, find commonalities, celebrate differences, foster community cohesion and lessen social isolation – all through spending time together with the garden, or gardening together. Importantly however, it also demonstrates an act of investment in a community by a housing body or organisation to its tenants. The program includes instructions for team setup and building, establishing community rules and responsibilities, and community activities to foster belonging and social capital.