from the garden

Archive for June, 2007

Our Results: 2006-2007

Outcomes and Activities:During the 2006-2007 school year, Urban Sprouts planned to reach 250 students in the 6th – 12th grades at four San Francisco public schools serving the city’s most under-served neighborhoods. Urban Sprouts greatly surpassed this goal, reaching a total of 442 students this year. Urban Sprouts partnered with four schools: Excelsior Middle School, [...]

June 30, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Summer Soil Exploration

Welcome to the Summer Program! So much has happened in our first week enjoying San Francisco’s beautiful Garden for the Environment, together with 16 youth from middle school and 5 youth staff from high school. Some major highlights for me are watching the youth staff teach the younger youth to garden, enjoy nature, and try [...]

June 27, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

About Urban Sprouts

MissionBy cultivating school gardens in San Francisco’s under-served neighborhoods, Urban Sprouts partners with youth and their families to build eco-literacy, equity, wellness, and community. Our gardens help students become more engaged in school and connect with food, the environment and each other. Our activities include: School gardens and nutrition education: This year we’ll reach over [...]

June 18, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Ida B Harvests Art & Veggies

Here at the height of Spring, Ida B Wells High School’s garden has seen a lot of action! First, on May 24th we celebrated the fourth annual Art & Poetry Cabaret, where the school garden was beautifully represented. Students, teachers and neighbors enjoyed garden-grown green salad, artichokes and fava beans as they perused and purchased [...]

June 7, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Contact Us

(415) 287-0722sprout@urbansprouts.org Urban Sprouts451 Hayes St., 2nd FlSan Francisco, CA 94102 If you’d like to learn more about us, please attend one of our Monthly School Garden Tours—Explore the gardens, learn more and meet our director. We are unable to respond to all inquiries regarding our programs, so this tour can answer your questions! Locations [...]

June 4, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Urban Sprouts Advisory Board

Lisa Chen, Masters Candidate, City & Regional Planning, UC Berkeley, Resident of Berkeley, CAMore about Lisa: Here and Here Sanaz Ebriani, Resident of San Francisco, CAKisai Henriquez, Case Manager, Community Assessment and Referral Center, Huckleberry Youth Programs, Resident of San Francisco, CAKisai grew up in San Francisco, attending one of our partner schools, ISA, and [...]

June 1, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed