Koshland Garden
Pie and Ice Cream for Lisa
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie and Vanilla ice cream. Apricot Danish rings. Peach-Blueberry pie. Salted caramel and balsamic strawberry ice cream. What a way to send off someone we adore. Lisa Drogin said “good-bye” to CommunityGrows and the BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) program on Thursday, June 11, 2013. Lisa has been the Program [...]
Watering with the Summer Beacon in Koshland
On June 12, 2013 the Summer Beacon youth came to Koshland Garden for their afternoon science fun. And what could be more fun than watering the garden. This is something that brings out the joy in youth. Filling water buckets, carrying them down the garden paths, tipping them, pouring water on the thirsty plants and [...]
Yale Day of Service in Koshland Park
Who would have dreamed the day would turn out so beautiful? Blue skies and no wind or oppressive heat! The perfect combination for a workday in Koshland Park and Garden. To make it even better, today, May 11, 2013, was the Yale Day of Service and many Yale volunteers came to help out, along with [...]
Join Us this Saturday-May 11, 2013—Yale Day of Service in Koshland Park
Join us this Saturday, May 11th for a Koshland Park and Garden Workday from 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. We will be joined by a great group of Alumni from Yale University and our volunteers from Starbucks and the neighborhood. There will be weeding, planting, mulching, sweeping, pruning, picking up trash and making the park [...]
Seed Swap with Koshland Gardeners
Tuesday evening April 16, 2013 Koshland garden members came together to swap seeds, show off their plots, ask questions and enjoy snacks and refreshments. Nora Brereton, Director of Programs for CommunityGrows, offered information about bugs and pests and how to take care of plantings. She shared a story about the youth from John Muir School [...]
Birds Bees Flowers Trees
This afternoon, Thursday, April 11, 2013, lesson plans were the name of the game! Our current BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) tried out their lesson plans of birds, bees, flowers and trees. It involved weeks of gathering information and gearing their lessons to K-5 students they will soon be mentoring. Today was [...]
Koshland Garden Workday and much more…
On Saturday, March 16th, we had a great workday in Koshland Garden. CommunityGrows staff Adrian Almquist, Nora Brereton, Ezekiel McCarter and Barbara Wenger were joined by our fantastic Starbucks partners who came out in force and brought refreshments as well. Julien Lundh, one of our BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) pitched in, [...]
Measuring with John Muir’s 2nd Grade
On Tuesday, February 26th Ms. Page’s second grade came to the Koshland Garden to learn about measurements. With the help of garden educator Adrian Almquist, and BEET intern, Julien Lundh, each student took their rulers and began measuring everything. The length of logs, the width of flower beds, the height of bean sprouts, more objects [...]
Spring 2013 BEETS Cohort
Introducing the twelve BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) for Spring 2013 Cohort: RETURNING BEETS Shontay Vessell A referral from Westside Community Services Girls Group at Ida B. Wells High School, Shontay started BEETS mid-way through the Spring 2012 Session. Shontay has assisted with many CG Seed to Mouth Cooking classes during her [...]
Redwood Trust and Starbucks Shine!
CommunityGrows is very fortunate to have the support of the Redwood Trust Employee Foundation, a branch of the Marin Community Foundation, and the Starbucks Foundation. On Saturday, November 3rd, 2012 both groups brought out employees to work with the BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) and community gardeners in Koshland Garden. We painted [...]
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