Legado de Vida: Buena Fortuna’s Living Seed bank

Legado de Vida is the first official mini-documentary presented by Wandering Monkey®, created in collaboration with Cactide Productions™ and Buena Fortuna Gardens.

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The film offers an intimate look into daily life at Buena Fortuna Gardens — a place shaped by education, cultivation, and community. It explores the working environment behind seed planting, permaculture practices, and hands-on learning programs, revealing how knowledge is shared, preserved, and passed forward through the land.

​Following the journey of produce from soil to table, Legado de Vida highlights the gardens, plants and herbs, the seed-to-palate restaurant, and the weekly Sunday market. Through tours, workshops, and lived experience, the documentary captures how food, education, and sustainability intersect in real time.

​Grounded in community, the film weaves together testimonials, daily routines, and reflections on the past, present, and future of Buena Fortuna Gardens. It stands as a living record of stewardship, resilience, and the people who continue to nurture this unique botanical sanctuary.

 

Legado de Vida is currently in production, with the goal of bringing the project to fruition between early and late April 2026.

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As part of an ongoing documentary journey, The Spirit of Guaycura is also in development as a separate long-form film exploring the deeper cultural, ecological, and ancestral relationship between land and life in Baja California Sur. This project is in its early stages and is actively seeking funding and aligned collaborators.