:HWB Gardens Project

Education is in the mission of Herbalists WIthout Borders. Food justice is health justice, and access to and knowledge of healthy foods is important for all ages. Teaching people how to grow their own food and herbs, how to use them, and how to take charge of their wellness is a part of empowering communities. Teachers and Community Organizers are often at the forefront of community education models and participatory education is a fun and engaged way to learn. 

We are currently working to expand this project into supporting the creation of gardens that are not HWB Chapter/Clinic/Project gardens, but that are working within the HWB Garden project to create a food and herb garden for their local community.  We know that providing tools and support to educators to help them teach not only about culturally relevant foods and plants but also herbal medicine, is a great way to reach communities.

Over the past few years we have had many HWB Chapter/Clinic/Project gardens start, and have more and more inquiries from those designing gardens in other community spaces such as historical societies, school gardens, summer camp gardens, free town raised bed gardens, community center gardens, healing children's garden at a health center, a veterans garden, elder gardens, food pantry gardens, and more. We are expanding this program to include more support for that type of community work, so that we can help get more fresh food and herbal support and education into communities. 

Our goal is to create and provide access to resources including:
  • Community garden technical support
  • Pre-designed garden access for food and herb plots Including various sizes such as an herb spiral, 3x6 and 4x8 raised beds, 10x10 and 20x20 plots. 
  • Small seed grant kits for community initiative gardens in the US
  • Nature education resources
  • Food and herb education resources
  • Permaculture tips and techniques for small gardens
  • Themed garden ideas (tea garden, dye garden, bee/butterfly garden)
  • Educational tools about the most common and safe to use medicinal herbs
  • Handouts and online tools for engagement ideas and activities about easy to use herbs and common culinary herbs
  • And more!
Our Nourishing Children's Garden & Community Garden eGuides can be downloaded for free by current members on the members only portal. If you are a non-members, eGuides can be purchased here: ​https://www.hwbglobal.org/store/c5/hwbeguides
These US seed grants are designed to enhance the nutritional, social, economic, or environmental health of communities. Priority is given to projects that will benefit underrepresented groups, serve marginalized folks and get food and herbs to those who need them, seed saving projects that share back to HWB International, or that benefits communities of our Members with projects such as Community Gardens, Youth or Elder Gardens, Growing Food & Herbs for the Local Food Pantry, Educational Gardens, Growing Herbs for Free Clinics & Community Outreach, and serving underserved communities.

HWB General Member Seed Grants

Are you interested in a seed grant for your local garden project? HWB Gardens are projects that benefit the community, fill a need or gap, and support continued education of healthful foods and herbs and their uses, including culturally relevant traditions and recipes for their own community. This will be a donation based membership project, and will be open to the world, but seeds can only be shared within the US due to restrictions and cost.
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Herbalists Without Borders is pleased to offer donations of seeds to HWB Members growing Community focused garden programs in their communities.

If you are already an HWB member, you qualify for this program!

2022 Seed Grants are now closed. 
​Check back in 2023!

Donated US seeds cannot be shipped Internationally due to restrictions and regulations. ​

Starting a Children's Community Garden? Educational Resources:


Learning Garden For Kids
Worm House Designs
Garden in a Bottle
Plant a Community Garden

​Members have free access to our eGuides!>>See all of our eGuides titles

Due to laws, restrictions, and regulations, we cannot ship donated seeds internationally. The US Seed Grant Kit program is for the US, and we work to help other nations create similar models for seed donations, seed swaps, seed libraries, or support via grant applications to grow gardens and medicinal plants in their countries. 


​To All of Our 2022 Seed Donors - Thank you!

Community Gardens, Herbal Gardens, & Children's Gardens

Sponsor our Community Gardens and Medicinal Gardens to grow herbs for Free Clinics:

If you are an heirloom open pollinated seed company or organic garden supply company interested in sponsoring or donating supplies, tools, or seeds, contact our Executive Director, Denise Cusack at officehwb@gmail.com.

Start a Community Garden

Are you an HWB member, Chapter, Herbal School, Free Clinic, or other aid project that wants to start a community garden, but doesn't know where to begin? We can help! Write officehwb@gmail.com. ​

Project Coordinators

Denise Cusack, Executive Director
Jocelyn Perez-Blanco, Assistant Director

Herbalists Without Borders is sustained by donors & member volunteers delivering health, wellness and humanitarian aid to those in need. ​​