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CASE STUDY

Mission Meadows

Documentary storytelling about how a once-empty field became a thriving garden. Growing food, connection, and a stronger community.

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PROJECT OVERVIEW

Mission Meadows is a nonprofit community garden in Spokane focused on food security, education, environmental stewardship, and bringing neighbors together.

The organization wanted a documentary-style film that could capture the garden’s evolution, highlight the people who sustain it, and communicate the deeper sense of connection and shared purpose growing there.

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TYPE

Documentary Brand Storytelling

ROLE

Director, Cinematographer, Editor

DELIVERABLES

Short Documentary
Behind-the-Scenes Reel
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The primary goal of the project was to reveal the deeper story of Mission Meadows through authentic interviews, natural imagery, and observational filmmaking.

Rather than simply documenting the garden itself, the film centered the people who shaped it, showing how a shared piece of land became a place of nourishment, belonging, and collective purpose.

A community garden is 90% community and 10% garden."

- PAT MUNTS
Founder, Mission Meadows Community Garden
THE PROCESS

I approached this project as a short documentary, focusing on the lived experience of the garden rather than creating a polished promotional piece.

Through interviews with founders, organizers, and gardeners—alongside observational footage and natural sound—I shaped a story about how growing food can also grow trust, belonging, and community.

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IMMERSION
Spent time understanding the garden’s history, its purpose, and the people who have helped shape it.
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STORY GATHERING
Captured personal interviews and unscripted moments centered on connection, nature, food, and shared responsibility.
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EDIT & SHAPE
Wove multiple voices into a warm, emotionally grounded documentary supported by natural sound and seasonal garden imagery.
SOCIAL CUTDOWNS
MORE THAN A GARDEN
A glimpse of some special moments in the making of the film.
THE BEES AND THE GARDEN
Shannon, master beekeeper, shares how the bees and the garden work together in symbiosis.
IMMERSED IN BEAUTY
Enchanting frames of the small wonders in the garden.
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THE IMPACT

The finished film gave Mission Meadows a story that reflects what the garden truly means to the people who sustain it—not simply a place to grow food, but a place where neighbors form relationships, share knowledge, and care for one another.

By centering real voices and everyday moments, the documentary created an emotionally resonant piece the organization can use to introduce its mission, deepen community connection, and invite others to become part of what is growing there.

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Meaningful work deserves meaningful storytelling.
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