Our Mission

The Baltimore Free Farm (BFF) has had many iterations over it's history. 

The three houses on the corner were originally started as a squat prior to 2010 and are now a housing collective - Green Eggs in Hampden (GEH). GEH shares founders and a member with the garden spaces, but they operate separately. 

In it's early days, BFF rented a warehouse across the street from the houses which was a hub for Food Not Bombs, Food Rescue Baltimore, and punk rock shows. Food Not Bombs now cooks at St. Luke's Church on the Avenue and Food Rescue Baltimore spun off into it's own nonprofit. 

The first garden space, Ash Street Garden was established in 2010. That is currently run as a cooperative community garden with individuals plots. Ash Street Garden became part of Baltimore Green Space's land trust in 2018. 

The 'Toplot' Collective Garden was the next space to be added. Toplot is  a vegetable garden and co-learning space. We grow food collectively and share in the harvest together. All the food goes to all the volunteers who maintain the space. Any food not used by the volunteers is donated to Red Emma's. 

Heart + Soil Sanctuary was designed as a food forest and medicinal herb sanctuary. 

Find out more about us on our Spaces + Projects page.