Farm Locations
Fabbioli Cellars & Temple Hall Regional park
In 2021, Legacy Farms is expanding garden space at both Fabbioli Cellars and Temple Hall Regional Park. We will be farming over 8,000 square feet of land and providing 40+ job contracts for neurodiverse apprentices working with garden mentors.
Fabbioli Cellars is home to our new flower garden that supplies our Legacy Blooms CSA, Old Soul Flower Company, the Northern Virginia Flower Co-op, custom-grown peppers and okra for Peter Piper’s Peppers, and Loudoun Country Market. Doug Fabbioli is also a strong supporter of Legacy Farms’ programming and provides tremenouds advice on working the land. 15669 Limestone School Rd, Leesburg, VA 20176
Temple Hall is home to our eco-organic garden, supplying vegetables for our Culinary Partners CSA, as well as Roots to Rise, Lightfoot Restaurant, Makers, Farmers, & Brewers Market, and other partners. 15855 Limestone School Rd, Leesburg, VA 20176
Business Partners
shanholtz gardens
Legacy Farms’ peppers, beets, cucumbers, okra, and other produce go into Peter Piper’s Peppers canned goods. Owner Ian Shanholtz provides mentoring in our garden, at farmers markets & on landscaping projects.
Fleur De Leah
Fleur de Leah is providing encouragement, advice and support as we establish Legacy Blooms CSA and prepare donation bouquets.
Roots to Rise
We grow eco-organic veggies and herbs for Roots to Rise’s fresh-pressed juices and soups, and partner with them on the Makers, Farmers, & Brewers farmers markets and other specialty offerings like live herb gardens for their customers.
A Place to Be
Joining forces to provide seamless support for the development of self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-advocacy! Our joint programming supports transitions into the workforce, where apprentices are hired for paid jobs.
Lightfoot Restaurant
We provide weekly deliveries to Chef Ingrid during our growing season, giving apprentices real-world deliverables.
Glow Studios
Glow Studios hosts our Legacy Blooms CSA weeky pick-up, supports our product sales and provides a space for our apprentices to offer market products while also offering our live herb gardens to their clientele.
Loudounberry
Loudounberry has supported our growth for three seasons now, offering plant and herb starts as well as advice and farm market support whenever we need it.
Blossom & Bloom
Blossom & Bloom supports our programming, making it possible for us to provide apprentice jobs every year. In return, our apprentices tend their front garden.
Educational Partners
The New Ag School
Founded by Doug Fabbioli with programming at our Fabbioli Cellars partner location, some of our apprentices enjoy New Ag School training as well.
Creative Gardens school
A partner site, overseen by Shanholtz Landscaping, serves as a space where our apprentices tend a school garden and do landscaping.
PosAbilities Academy
PosAbilities students work on-site with us in Spring and Fall as part of their curriculum; we interview their students for summer jobs!
The Embark Center
Legacy Farms serves as a space for Embark’s students to both volunteer and work alongside us if they are interested in pursuing similar paths.
Major Supporters
cLaude Moore Charitable Foundation
Claude Moore Charitable Foundation has provided substantial support through their invitational grants, including operational funding and also backing for our 2023 pilot of our specialty cut floral business Legacy Blooms, which is focused on developing a sustainable model for a neurodiverse workforce and providing revenue to self-sustain our vocational programs over time.
community foundation
Many thanks to Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties for supporting Legacy Farms with Loudoun Impact Fund grants to establish our partnered programming with A Place To Be, as well as to empower our Growing Together program and Legacy Blooms business!
Town of Leesburg
In addition to supporting us with a generous CARES Act grant in response to Covid, the Town of Leesburg issues a 2020 proclamation noticing Legacy Farms’ “commendable example for others to reinforce the value & talent that people with disabilities add to our workplaces & the community as a whole.”
Young Men’s Service League
YMSL has supported us since 2018 when they granted us their Ultimate Gift award, providing major structural work at our Temple Hall site, planting hydrangeas and constructing farm tables still in use today. Since then, they’ve continued to offer support on large volunteer work day projects.
The Murray Foundation
The Murray Foundation has provided significant and sustaining support for two years to help us establish our Growing Together mentor/apprentice program and to expand our product offerings, including our CSA launches this year!
100 Women Strong
Providing grants and enthusiastic support for our work in community!