03/16/2026
on our last day of adventure in Ciudad De Mexico before returning to NYC. Huerto Roma Verde, in the very central Roma neighborhood of CDMX, is an urban permaculture garden and community center that demonstrates what our urban centers can be like when communities come together with care and compassion for one another and our planet.
The space hosts an organic garden, organic food & sustainable craft vendors, workshops, classes, healing ceremonies (Temezcal/sweat lodge on slide 8), a movement & martial arts studio, artisanal shops, cafes/restaurants, and much more.
Huerto Roma Verde was formed on the grounds of the ruins of an apartment complex that fell to the ground during a devastating earthquake in 1985. In 2012 various community groups and activists alongside a nonprofit group, La Cuadra, cleaned the site and created Huerto Roma Verde - an urban garden and community center that is "a flagship of environmentalism, urban permaculture and community development." Built on the grounds of a tragedy, Huerto Roma Verde exemplifies that, when people come together in community, the ruins of the past can shape a brighter future for the next generation.
Last two photos are just friends goofing around afterwards elsewhere in Roma.
Thank you for most of these photos.