The Wild Farm, an urban farm west of downtown San Antonio, is inviting community onto its fields this Sunday for a hands-on look at sustainable agriculture and creative reuse.
The free event, “Fashion, Flowers & Food,” is a collaboration with Alamo City-based fashion label A. L. Cortez, and will feature a bouquet-making workshop, a free craft-supply swap, a clothing customization bar and a market featuring Wild Farm’s latest harvest. The event will run from from 2-6 p.m.
Wild Farm has emerged as a staple in the local agriculture scene. The project started with co-founder Jovanna Lopez’s fascination with gardening and has since grown to a two-acre oasis in Northwest San Antonio. Lopez established the farm with Michelle Maloney, who purchased the property in 2023 in conjunction with her husband.
Along with with its environmental goals, Wild Farm’s mission is to empower women, girls and the LGBTQ+ community to learn about sustainable agriculture practices.
The “Fashion, Flowers & Food” marks the close of the farm’s third growing season. Lopez said the team wanted to invite the public into the space before the season winds down, so visitors can enjoy this spring’s successful flower harvest.
“We thought that we would end our season by having people come through the space, check it out, dream with us,” Lopez said. “Everything that we do there is with the land in mind.”
That ethos led to the event’s sustainable fashion focus and collaboration with A.L. Cortez. The slow-fashion label and a team of sewists will run the clothing customization bar at Sunday’s event, showing attendees how to repurpose items already in their closet.
“There’s so much more to be said about a piece of clothing that is given multiple lives,” Lopez said.
More than 15 local vendors will be on-site, including makers working in clay, repurposed planters, handmade garments and accessories. Food vendors including Meridian SA will incorporate produce grown on the farm, and and a Metro Health will offer a cooking demo Visitors can also build their own bouquets from flowers grown onsite and browse sustainability‑themed art activations.
Music for the afternoon will be provided by DJ Joaquin Muerte, a longtime friend and collaborator of Lopez. Alongside his passion for music, Muerte has developed a reputation for community organizing work that often intersects with environmentalism and food accessibility. He plans to lean into soulful, Latin house beats.
“As [Lopez’s] adventure into gardening grew into farming, I kept asking how I could bring out the community … so that they could volunteer and support,” Muerte said. “That’s how we’ve stayed connected, through building spaces that our people can access.”
For Muerte, this weekend’s event reflects a shared commitment to the open accessibility of environmental knowledge among marginalized communities in San Antonio.
“How can I bring our communities of color to spaces like that so they can see what’s possible?” he said. “It’s about accessibility, food security, community; all of it.”
The land that The Wild Farm sits on also carries its own connection to the event’s sustainability theme. Once slated for 23 tightly packed houses, the property was purchased with the intent to conserve green space in the urban core. Today, it’s a blooming, walkable landscape where community members and visitors alike can see regenerative agriculture up close.
Free, 2-6 p.m. Sunday, June 14, 410 E. Cheryl Drive, instagram.com/thewildfarmsatx.
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