VetREST Organic Farming - Aerial photo of Bybee Lakes Garden

Bybee Lakes Hope Center Victory Garden

VetREST & Helping Hands Reentry Outreach Centers (two area 501(c)(3) non-profits) have partnered to create a Victory Garden at the Bybee Lakes Hope Center (BLHC) that will provide hope & healing for homeless Veterans, families and participants. The nearly 3 acre development on the site of a former correctional facility, now homeless transition center, launched […]

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Ron White and Anthony Sweeney

VetREST Bomber Victory Garden

Ron White (left) and Anthony Sweeney lead our Northwest efforts in creating “Victory Gardens” with area partners — like the Bomber Restaurant in Milwaukee, Oregon (shown below). Special thanks to Home Depot and others for your contributions supporting continued garden development — including the Fall 2020 harvest in the midst of a pandemic.

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Photo of Volunteers at Zolfo Springs Tiny Garden Dedication

Haller Tiny Farm Dedication

We dedicated our first VetREST tiny farm to CPT Brian Douglas Haller in  Zolfo Springs, Florida, on November 24, 2019. Brian was a 1981 West Point graduate who was killed along with 247 other peacekeepers on Dec. 12, 1985, when the plane they were on crashed in Gander, Newfoundland. This tiny farm will be used […]

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