Valley Verde

Valley Verde is a non-profit urban agriculture organization that supports the health of San Jose and Gilroy residents by building backyard gardens to grow healthy organic produce for themselves and their communities.

Valley Verde's Homeland Nursery is open to the general public to purchase culturally-relevant vegetable, herb, and edible-flower seedlings that may be hard to find elsewhere. We have crops such as okra, mizuna, tomatillo, lemongrass, and more! Visit us to browse our selections or view our catalog on our website.

Located at 691 W San Carlos St, San Jose, CA 95126, Valley Verde operates as a community garden serving San Jose in California. This page gathers the practical details people usually look for before visiting: where it is, how to reach it, when it opens and how customers rate it.

In San Jose, u-pick seasons are short and weather-dependent, so check the farm's own page or call the same morning before driving out. Across California, many farm stands are cash-friendly and close for the winter, and botanical gardens may charge admission or require timed tickets on busy weekends. Community gardens often keep waiting lists, so apply early in the year. Check the listing for hours, address and Google rating.

Hours are published for 6 days a week. On most of those days it is open 9 am–3 pm. Note that it does not open on Sunday. Hours in the United States do change around federal holidays and long weekends, so a quick call before a special trip is sensible. You can reach Valley Verde at (408) 831-1481; calling is usually the quickest way to ask about availability, prices or directions. Its website is valleyverde.org, where you may find menus, price lists or booking options.

On Google it holds a rating of 5.0 out of 5 from 9 reviews, which is a strong result for a community garden in San Jose and suggests consistent service.

San Jose is in California, on the West Coast, where the climate ranges from foggy coast to hot inland valleys, wildfire season can affect air quality in late summer, and traffic is the main thing to plan around. Traffic in San Jose peaks on weekday mornings and afternoons, so allow extra time then. Addresses read from the street number up to the city, state abbreviation and five-digit ZIP code; the map link on this page shows the exact spot.

Looking for alternatives? Browse all community gardens in San Jose or explore other categories in the area from the links below. Details on this page come from public sources and may change; confirm anything important by phone before relying on it. Business owners can claim the listing to keep it up to date.