Our work
One pool. Then many places.
Every Garden Pool project starts with the same question: what can be built here, with what is here, by the people who live here?
Mesa, Arizona, USA · 2009
The Original Garden Pool
An unused backyard swimming pool converted into a closed-loop food-production ecosystem — the experiment that started the organization.
Haiti · Historical
Haiti Sustainable Agriculture & Community Work
Sustainable agriculture and community food-production work carried out with local partners.
Trinidad & Tobago · Historical
Golden Grove
Sustainable food-production and training work in Trinidad & Tobago, where Garden Pool maintained an international sub-office.
Barbuda · Post-hurricane era
Sir McChesney George Secondary School
School-based agricultural work contributing to rebuilding efforts in Barbuda's agriculture sector.
Nevis, St. Kitts & Nevis · Historical
Climate-Resilient Aquaponics Demonstration
A demonstration system showing how aquaponics can support farmers facing climate and disaster pressure.
Suriname · Historical
Agricultural Disaster-Risk Management Capacity Development
Capacity development using digital modeling tools to improve agricultural disaster-risk management.
Dominican Republic · Historical
Dominican Republic Garden Pool Project
A Garden Pool system built and taught outside the United States.
Arizona, USA · Historical
Arizona Seed Libraries
Volunteer-driven public seed libraries promoting local food sustainability and seed sharing.
International · 2018–2019 era
Climate Smart Farm Initiative
Garden Pool's climate-smart farming initiative, featured by the United Nations Foundation among local innovators advancing global SDG solutions.
Bring Garden Pool to your community
Communities, schools, agencies, and institutions can work with Garden Pool on design, demonstration, training, and capacity development.