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Summer Sprouts

Sadly, Summer Sprouts is now officially over. We ended the three week gardening and youth leadership program with a garden celebration for the family and friends of our program participants. The students showcased what they learned over the last weeks through skits, posters, snacks and games concerning topics like eating healthy, food access and soil [...]

July 11, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized, event, family, nutrition, organic, parent, urban garden, youth involvement  Comments Closed

Please Join Us!!

Urban Sprouts Happy Hour July 7th, 2010 5:30pm-8:00pm Please join us for a fabulous fun-filled evening to meet and mingle with fellow members of our community and support Urban Sprouts’ efforts for a comprehensive garden-based education program in schools in San Francisco’s under-served neighborhoods. Enjoy: • Happy Hour Priced Cocktails and Appetizers • A chance to win Jack Johnson concert tickets [...]

June 21, 2010   Posted in: event, fundraising, volunteer  Comments Closed

Jack Johnson Challenge

We are so excited to announce that we have been selected as a partner organization for the 2010 Jack Johnson tour.  On top of the donation made to Urban Sprouts the Jack Johnson Foundation will also match all money raised from now until his October concert in Berkeley.  This is a fantastic chance to make [...]

June 3, 2010   Posted in: celebrities, event, fundraising  One Comment

Thank You!!!

On May 1st, we held our 3rd annual Greens, Eggs, and Jam Brunch at Ida B. Wells High School. This was our largest turn-out ever and it was fantastic to see everyone. Our guests were treated to a fabulous brunch prepared by the chefs from: Contigo, nopa, Radio Africa and Kitchen, and our own Urban [...]

May 10, 2010   Posted in: event, family, fundraising, school garden  Comments Closed

Aptos Gets a New Garden Mural

Take a look at our new garden mural at Aptos Middle School!  Students, parents, and volunteers showed up at the start of Spring Break for an afternoon of spray painting, gardening, and community connection. Under the guidance of graphic artists, Marlon Sagana Ingram and Joseph Aponte, of Media Fresh, our school garden has now taken [...]

April 6, 2010   Posted in: Art, design, event, school garden, youth involvement  Comments Closed

Garden Work Days

We hosted a fabulous group of volunteers yesterday from the Presidio Graduate School up at the June Jordan garden.  Their students built a new worm box, cleaned the chicken coop, readied the family garden for planting, and weeded the student garden.  They even . . .

February 1, 2010   Posted in: event, school garden, volunteer  Comments Closed

Garden Workday at San Francisco Community

Members and students of Urban Sprouts, Project OLE, and Justice Brothers came together for a garden workday at San Francisco Community School on a bright, sunny October afternoon. Armed with wheelbarrows, shovels, and hand tools, we created new beds bordered by rice wattles to prevent soil erosion and to maximize garden space. Volunteers and staff [...]

November 9, 2009   Posted in: event, school garden, youth involvement  One Comment