Locally Grown & Ecologically minded
Arazzo Garden is a small farm operation in Corvallis, OR focused on growing food for the community by the community.
Who We Are
Rachel
Arazzo Garden is the farming project of Corvallis, OR local Rachel Bartunek. Rachel graduated from Oregon State University with a Bachelor of Science in Horticulture, and has been an active member of the local farming community for over 12 years.
She has an array of experience in farming systems, equipment operation, team leading, and landscape design, with an interest in Permaculture design.
Rachel is passionate about organic and sustainable farming methods, specifically a “no-till” approach to farming and gardening that emphasizes the health of the land and flourishing of natural systems.
Arazzo Garden supplies local businesses with fresh produce necessary to the unique flavor and culinary style of Corvallis.
Our Story
Arazzo Garden began in 2023 as a way for Rachel to tap back into farming after the birth of her son. After a season of growing flowers for the South Town Market that season, and taking a couple of years off from active farming, the soil was calling once again.
Having worked on diversified vegetable market farms in the Willamette Valley since 2014, Rachel saw a new way forward in growing food. Inspired by Masanobu Fukuoka’s book One Straw Revolution, as well as the plethora of no-till market gardeners present in online spaces, Rachel sought to bring this same philosophy into the farming spaces of Corvallis, OR.
Rachel decided to re-launch Arazzo Garden in early 2026 as a way to sell produce to local restaurants, utilizing this mindset, and find a way to balance her passion of farming with motherhood.
The Name
Arazzo means tapestry in Italian. The name was inspired by Chapter One of Eliot Coleman’s New Organic Grower, where he relates aspects of modern conventional farming to viewing a tapestry from the backside - you don’t see the full, rich, detailed picture of the natural systems at work, outside of human influence. It leads us to believe we must fight against natural systems to grow abundantly.
Rachel chose to use Arazzo because of her family’s roots in Lucca, Tuscany. The imagery of a farm as a tapestry is a compelling way to weave together many facets of this project into something beautiful; food, community, plants, and the ever-existential search for our place in this world.
The Soil is Calling
Let’s talk about how Arazzo Garden can serve your kitchen.