After 27 years, a San Jose urban garden is facing imminent eviction.
Plant & Soul California, a beloved urban garden at 76 Race St., has been ordered to vacate its property following a real estate sale. The business is hoping residents, a foundation or angel investor will step up to help it make a counteroffer or relocate, even though the property is already in escrow. So far, the organization has raised $5,000. If it isn’t able to raise a substantial amount, the group will try to find a new location and start again.
“Our community was given just 20 days’ notice to leave,” Sofie Gmerek, a volunteer at the garden, said in a statement. “We are launching an emergency campaign to raise $2.5 million to place a counteroffer or fund an emergency relocation before the land is bulldozed and replaced by urban sprawl.”…