The Community GardenTrips & fieldwork
Travel with The Community Garden
We run cultural and adventure trips to some of the oldest places on earth and the communities who still call them home. Join a scheduled departure with a set date and price, or have us build a private trip around you — and what you pay funds the foundation’s work with those same communities.
Upcoming trip
One trip is open for booking right now. More are on the way — and any destination can be planned as a private trip in the meantime.
Seven days from the colossal Olmec heads of Tabasco into the Lacandón rainforest — Palenque, Bonampak’s painted murals, Yaxchilán by river, and nights with Lacandón Maya hosts.
See the trip & reserve →
Monte Albán at opening, the Mixtec gold of Tomb 7, Mitla and Yagul, Hierve el Agua — and a whole day at the loom and the hearth in Teotitlán del Valle.
See it & book →Living Traditions
One tradition, one community, one or two students. Seven days inside a craft that is still lived, taught by the family who carry it — and you leave with work of your own.
Grind cochineal and indigo into colour, learn the loom beside a master weaver, and read the meaning worked into every pattern — then weave a piece of your own.
Coming soon — see it →100% of The Community Garden’s profits from these programs support cultural preservation, language revitalization, and the communities hosting the participant. More about Living Traditions →
How we travel
No megaphones, no forty-person coach. You travel in a small group with local guides and the families who host us.
Every visit runs on long relationships — you’re there to learn from people, on their terms.
The Community Garden is a U.S. 501(c)(3). Profits go back into our programs, directed wherever the need is greatest.
Plan a private trip
Send a short note and we’ll reply personally with what’s realistic, what it may cost, and how the trip supports the work on the ground. Booking a scheduled departure instead? Reserve it on its own page above.
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