Food-Focused Amenities for Affordable Housing Communities

Growing Food. Growing Community.

Productive farms and gardens designed to bring residents together, increase engagement, and provide access to fresh food for years to come.

You Can Do More With Your Landscaping

Farmscape designs, installs, and maintains food-focused environments—ensuring they remain productive, functional, and actively used.

From fresh produce and educational opportunities to community events and shared experiences, food-focused amenities help transform underutilized outdoor space into a meaningful community asset.

Designed for Community, Built for Operations

Food-focused amenities create measurable benefits for residents while supporting the goals of developers, owners, and operators.

  • Community Building & Resident Engagement
    Brings residents together through gardening, educational programs, harvest events, and shared experiences.
  • Fresh Food Access
    Provides convenient access to fresh, healthy produce grown within the community.
  • Sustainability & Wellness Goals
    Supports LEED and Fitwel certification efforts while promoting healthy, active lifestyles and environmental stewardship.
  • Activated Open Space
    Transforms underutilized landscape areas into productive amenities residents actively use and enjoy.
  • Professional Management
    Managed by Farmscape’s professional farming team to help ensure long-term success.
  • Long-Term Community Value
    Creates a meaningful amenity that strengthens community and supports resident satisfaction.

The Value of Professional Stewardship

Many community gardens are installed and left for residents to manage on their own. Farmscape takes a different approach.

Our professional farmers maintain the space, grow the crops, and lead programming that helps ensure the farm remains productive, welcoming, and well-used year after year.

  • Gardening workshops
  • Harvest days
  • Seasonal celebrations
  • Community dinners and potlucks
  • Volunteer opportunities
  • Educational programming

Farmscapes are designed to perform long-term

We take an operations-led approach, designing around what can actually be built and sustained.

  • Installation budgets
  • Ongoing maintenance costs
  • Who is managing the space—and how

What This Means For Your Project

  • Lower Project Risk
    Fewer failures and smoother turnover
  • Avoid Costly Rework
    Infrastructure and plantings done right the first time
  • Long-Lasting Amenities
    Consistent management and reliable upkeep
  • Stronger Resident Appeal
    High-use spaces that support satisfaction and retention

Case Study: Core Agrihood

A proven model for affordable food-focused communities.

SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING165 UNITS
FOOD PRODUCED ANNUALLY~20,000 LBS
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT100+ ACTIVITIES/YR
RAINWATER CISTERN CAPACITY29,000 GAL
COMMUNITY FARM1/4 ACRE
  • Celebrates local agricultural heritage through a working community farm
  • Creates meaningful opportunities for residents to connect across generations
  • Provides access to fresh, organically grown food close to home
  • Strengthens local economic resilience through produce and flower production

“We worked with Farmscape for many years developing this project and each of their teams-design, installation and farm maintenance-are all exceptional.”

— Chris Neale, President, The Core Companies

Scaled To Your Community

We grow a lot of food—and we know exactly what it takes to do it well.

Large-scale, food-focused communities centered around working farms and agricultural amenities.

RANCHO MISSION VIEJO – ESENCIA
RANCHO MISSION VIEJO – SENDERO

Smaller-scale gardens integrated into shared spaces, prioritizing accessibility, light production, and everyday use.

COLMA VETERANS VILLAGE
VILLA DE LA PAZ

How We Work

Farmscape designs, installs, and maintains food-focused environments—ensuring they remain productive, functional, and actively used.

Integrated with architect, civil, and landscape teams to support project planning and documentation.

Built with an understanding of farm-specific systems, from soil and drainage to crop planning and sourcing.

Professional farmers maintain productive spaces designed to thrive long after installation.

PROGRAMMING

Ongoing resident programming transforms farm amenities into active community gathering spaces.

Let’s Talk About Your Community

From resident engagement and fresh food access to long-term operations and programming, we’ll help you design a solution that fits your community’s unique needs.