We are Cody Jurbala and Melissa Ogilvie, the owners and operators of Speedwell Farm & Gardens. We started Speedwell in 2017 by converting leased back yards in Boulder, Colorado into micro-farm plots. Due to the difficulties of land access for young farmers, leasing back yard space was the only to way begin farming without immense monetary input in their initial years. Since then, we have grown our business to a 2 acre farm located at the Treehouse Farm Collective just north of Boulder. 

We are Cody Jurbala and Melissa Ogilvie, the owners and operators of Speedwell Farm & Gardens. We started Speedwell in 2017 by converting leased back yards in Boulder, Colorado into micro-farm plots. Due to the difficulties of land access for young farmers, leasing back yard...

In 2020, the two farms came together to form the Treehouse Farm Collective, a separate LLC that enabled them to put forward a strong proposal for a farmland lease and get approved.

If you can take away some of the financial burden upfront and have community, that's a big thing. — Cody Jurbala, Speedwell Farm & Gardens

Cody & Mel of Speedwell Farm & Gardens and Helen of Farmette Flowers, making up two thirds of The Treehouse Farm Collective, talk about their shotgun wedding farming collectively for land access and their model that respects both their pre-existing individual farm business autonomy while reaping many of the benefits of farming closely with others.