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Jack Johnson Concert Ticket Raffle

Want to see Jack Johnson live in concert? Enter to win 2 tickets to his October 5th concert at the Greek Theater in Berkeley, California. Spend a beautiful fall evening under the stars and support garden-based education for San Francisco youth and their families.  100% of the proceeds will go to support Urban Sprouts for [...]

June 8, 2010   Posted in: fundraising, school garden  Comments Closed

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

Scarecrows and sauerkraut

At June Jordan School for Equity, we are battling urban wildlife in a quest to get our spring garden established. Snails, birds, and gophers have forced us to use row cover to shield sprouting seeds, wire cages to protect seedlings, and recycled CDs and plastic bags as urban scarecrows. Our tactics are meeting with some [...]

March 25, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Uncategorized, edible, nutrition, school garden, volunteer  2 Comments

Ladies Lead Way to Reducing School Waste

In an effort to reduce the school’s trash output, three bright young 8th graders at Martin Luther King Middle School have chosen to create a compost education project. I am honored to be working with these three and have enjoyed getting to know them. Recently we have been working on

March 4, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: compost, school garden, school lunch, youth involvement  Comments Closed

Keeping resources in the garden with worm compost.

WATCH THIS VIDEO: A student videographer checks out one of our worm bins. We regularly harvest worm castings from these bins to enrich the soil, especially in raised beds.

February 26, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: compost, school garden, urban garden, video, worm compost, youth involvement  One Comment

Pollination 101

Middle school students are learning about plant reproduction in the garden at San Francisco Community.  Flowers are blooming and our lettuces and arugulas are ready to create and scatter their seeds.  Students are discovering how these changes in nature -  observable in the city and not just in cultivated gardens -  are part of the [...]

February 9, 2010   Posted in: curriculum, flower, pollinators, school garden  Comments Closed