Job Openings at San Diego Roots & Wild Willow Farm
These staff postions are now open with San Diego Roots and Wild Willow Farm:
Part-time Development Coordinator
Please click on the above links to find out more and to apply.
Wild Willow Farm & Education Center
Sustainable Agriculture | Education | Community
Modeling and teaching sustainable agriculture and permaculture through active participation, volunteerism, community involvement, internships, school and organizational field trips, workshops and classes, and community events.
Open for Volunteers, Field Trips & Tours,
Internships, Classes & more!
Click here to go to the WWF site.
Information about Wild Willow Farm & Education Center
Click here to go to the WWF Events & Classes page
Location: 2550 Sunset Avenue, San Diego 92154
(not a mailing address)
Click here for a map
If you like working in the soil, please join us! There's no need to ask or apply, just show up ready to get in the dirt. Bring work gloves and wear sturdy, closed-toe shoes, long pants, sunscreen and hat.
Open Volunteering on Saturdays, 1 to 5pm (rain cancels)
Come to the farm and participate in your food system as we build Wild Willow Farm. Help us lay out the various farming and teaching areas, build beds & plant, mulch paths and beds, install irrigation, and get things ready for major seasonal plantings of vegetables, greens, medicinal and culinary herbs and cover crops.
For the most up-to-date info on what we're doing on any given volunteer day and to RSVP, click here to go to the WWF site.
How to get to Wild Willow Farm
DIRECTIONS: Take I-5 South through Chula Vista, exit onto Tocayo Ave (bear right on Exit 3). Proceed on Tocayo Avenue west to Hollister (second light). Turn left on Hollister. Proceed on Hollister to Sunset (second stop sign). Turn left on Sunset. Go 400 yards east on Sunset and turn right onto the dirt road at our sign, just before you get to the Sports Park. Proceed down the dirt road about 300 yards, past the greenhouses and Sun Grown warehouse. Our farm begins just beyond the warehouse.
PUBLIC TRANSIT: Take the Blue Line Trolley south toward San Ysidro, exit at the Iris Station. Transfer to the 934 Bus west, exit at the corner of Tocayo Ave. & Hollister (a short trip). Walk or bike south on Hollister to Sunset (second stop sign). Turn left and walk 300 yards east till you see our sign on the right-hand side of the road, just before the County Park. Turn right and proceed down the dirt road about 300 yards, past the greenhouses and Sun Grown warehouse. Our farm begins just beyond the warehouse.
Click here for more information about Wild Willow Farm.
Become a Friend of Wild Willow Farm!
Last summer, San Diego Roots started our first sustainable farming education center, Wild Willow Farm.Our farm is a place for San Diegans of all ages to learn how to garden and farm, connect with food and farmers, learn homesteading skills and meet other local-food enthusiasts.
Click here to become a friend of Wild Willow Farm.
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.
Discount member pricing and recognition at select WWF classes and 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!
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 rtesponse to food security in San Diego.
Click here to become a friend of Wild Willow Farm.
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