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Donate to help us Grow the Farm!

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Wild Willow Farm is a place for San Diegans of all ages to learn how to garden and farm, connect with food and farmers, and meet other local-food enthusiasts.We need your help to make it all happen, and starting now your donation of $30 or more ($20 for students) will make you a card-carrying Friend of the Farm! With your membership you’ll receive:

  • First notice and priority sign-up for farming/gardening workshops & classes.
  • Special member prices and recognition at special Friend of the Farm events.
  • An awesome Friend of the Farm Sticker to put on your water bottle, window, notebook, computer or bike!
  • Opportunities to till soil, plant seeds, harvest crops, and prepare food on a beautiful farm adjacent to a wildlife refuge.
  • Knowledge that you are supporting the effort to teach about and grow delicious and healthy food for all San Diegans!
Click here to go to our donation page.
We celebrate participation. As a small organization with diverse experience and long-term vision, we pledge to use all of the resources we receive with efficiency and thoughtfulness. We believe that we can all participate and we can all give.

Please consider making a financial contribution to enable San Diego Roots to advance the community-based response to food security in San Diego.

What your donation buys...

$1-20 Seeds (Non-GMO)
$20-50 Hourly wages for our farmers & educators (plus gas)
$50-100 Administrative costs and overhead (utility bills & etc)
$150 Two sturdy wheelbarrows*
$400 Two garden carts
$500 Six folding tables + 20 folding or stacking chairs*
$500 Bathroom fixtures, secure door*
$500 Vegetable washing station (commercial sinks, stainless-steel counters)
$1,000 Irrigation supplies
$3,000 Tools* (see detail below)
$3,000 Outdoor woodfired pizza oven
$3,500 Used farm truck* (in good repair)
$12,000 Reverse osmosis station*
$25,000 Farmer (part-time)
$25,000 Farm Educational Programs Manager (part-time)

*Aside from money, we also accept physical, material donations of any these items.

To see our Donation Report that shows past donors and grants received, click here.

Tools needed for farming,
volunteers and classes:

10 long-handled spades
10 long-handled steel rakes
5 D-handled digging forks
5 long-handled, flat-blade shovels
10 long-handled hoes
5 long-handled compost/manure forks
10 short-handled manual weed whackers (sickles and/or machetes)
4 long-handled sickles/ 1 scythe
5 leaf rakes (both thin and broad)
25 hand trowels
25 hand cultivators
50 pairs of gloves
10 hand pruners
3 long-handled pruners


Our tools policy: on tools we buy, purchasing premium-quality tools that will have a working life of many years. Any tool donated -- no matter the quality or quantity -- will be appreciated and used.