Mission
Our mission is to cultivate relationships between individuals, food, and the environment.
Welcome to Jovial Concepts!
Jovial Concepts is a non-profit organization created in 2009 as a resource for community and stewardship. Since its inception, Jovial Concepts has supported our local communities, created healthy food access, and educated hundreds of families on how to turn their lawn into a Native Wildlife Habitat, Food Forest, or Vegetable Garden.
Vision
We believe in the power of gardens as classrooms to inspire learning and growth. Through passive experiences in parks, schools, and backyard and active learning through interactive classes and volunteerism, we strive to create beautiful, food-focused landscapes that engage all ages and abilities.
A Little About Us
Our Initiatives
Global Giving Projects
Food Insecurity
Help Feed 250 Food Insecure Families In Colorado
Jovial Futures will enroll 100 at-risk kids from Wheat Ridge 5-8 and Jefferson High School in Wheat Ridge CO into academic and experiential education programs. We will discover the student’s passions, team them up with a mentor who shares their interests, and offer volunteer opportunities, internships, and more. By age 18, youth in our program will have improved academically, applied for scholarships, worked in their community, and embarked on a path of success.
News & Updates
Building a Sustainable Local Food System
Creating Learning Opportunities to Address Food System Instabilities
Jovial is piloting local education and training programs to help and improve the local food and education systems through shared expertise and storytelling.
Testimonials
“You guys are the best thing that has happened for us over the past few years with lingering challenges with/from the pandemic, adding on to single parent hardships. You are the most kind, the least amount of hoops to jump through, the quickest responses (and again, kind). I cannot thank you enough for all of those things, let alone the financial burden/stress relief. I’m in tears of relief right now, THANK YOU! Thank you, and thank you again and again.”
“My family participated in Jovial Gardens for two seasons! We were so happy to have access to affordable clean food.”
Jovial Gardens is one of Lakewood’s….
“award-winning projects that showed us how partnerships and innovation can improve our access to local, healthy food, keep waste out of the landfill and spread environmental awareness.”
“Hello I just want to say your food program helps out my family alot. I currently live in a house hold of 7 and due to the pandemic I’m the only one currently employed. Thanks to your program we are able to substitute options we didn’t before and it’s become alot healthier for us. I appreciate the work you guys do. I hope you all get recognized for the work you do and helping out families like mine. :) Thank you.”
