Participating in our Horticulture Program encourages a connection with nature, nurtures independence, develops social skills, boosts confidence, and instills a sense of patience. The Program Garden and Greenhouses provide opportunities to enjoy the therapeutic benefits of planting, weeding, watering, and caring for a garden.
For questions regarding participating or volunteering, please email horticulture@eaglemount.org.
In the summer, we’re outside tending to veggies, herbs, and flowers in the Program Garden and Greenhouse. Participants sow seeds, water plants, pull weeds, harvest produce, and make fun crafts with things we harvest from the garden. With two commitment levels, there’s an option for everyone: Cultivators get to plant their own individual raised beds, while Gardeners work together to care for the communal garden.
Fall is harvest season! We get to enjoy the fruits of our labor by harvesting and processing all the veggies, herbs, and flowers we grew all summer. Then, we care for the garden as it winds down for the winter ahead.
During our snowy winters, we move indoors to care for and propagate a variety of succulents and houseplants in the Greenhouse. Every other week, participants host a stand at the Winter Farmers’ Market to offer our succulents in return for donations to the program.
In the spring, participants gear up for the growing season ahead by starting seedlings indoors in the Greenhouse, and planting cool-season veggies like lettuce and carrots.
As part of our Family Engagement programming, our Family Cooking Night series in the fall provides occasions for participants and their families to engage in a fun cooking activity together, using produce harvested from the Program Garden.
When you participate at Eagle Mount, you make new strides, happy memories, and good friends while enjoying Montana’s amazing recreation opportunities! Our programs and camps are designed for people of all ages with physical, developmental or cognitive disabilities, and for young people with cancer.
As an Eagle Mount volunteer, you’ll receive training designed to help you improve your personal skills, learn to adapt to the needs of people we work with, and learn about the wonderful world of Disability.
Eagle Mount Bozeman invites annual partnerships and sponsorships from businesses and individuals deeply invested in community, who believe that people with disabilities or cancer deserve to experience all that Montana has to offer, and who want to help them “mount up with wings as eagles.“