Koshland Park
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 [...]
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 [...]
American Community Garden Association Visit
On Saturday, August 11,2012, we had a workday at Koshland Park where we were honored to host the National Conference of the American Community Garden Association. Starbucks employees were there to support us with volunteers as they have many times throughout the year. Our BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) spoke about their [...]
CommunityGrows to be Feature at the ACGA
This coming Saturday, August 11th the American Community Garden Association (ACGA) will be in town in the midst of their four day national conference. They will be offering tours throughout the day Saturday, and one, “Youth Empowerment SF style,” will feature CommunityGrows! The tour will start at June Jordan Middle School (an Urban Sprouts site) [...]
June Workday in Koshland Park-2012
On June 30, 2012 we had a great workday in Koshland Park and Garden. A great turnout with Walden House folks and our BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens), folks from Rosa Parks Elementary, and others checking us out for the very first time. Recreation and Park Department Gardener, Guy, had many youth [...]
Koshland Workdays-February and April 2012
Over the past few months we have held a number of workdays with some of our partners, including Starbucks, Kaiser-Permanente, Walden House and International High School. Starbucks stars, Ali Mouabdy and Jeremy Siemers have recruited over 20 employes to help in a number of workdays. In February Sir Lawrence Delouvre came by to share his [...]
Koshland Park and Garden Workday-April 14, 2012
Come join us for a great day of exercise, fresh air and meeting new friends on Saturday, April 14, 2012 from 11-2 PM in Koshland Park and Garden. This event is sponsored by our wonderful friends at Starbucks and Kaiser Permanente. Please come out and show your support! 4.14.12.KP Wkday Flyer
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