Workdays
Upcoming Workday on September 16, 2010
Join us in Koshland Park and Garden, at the corner of Page and Buchanan Streets in San Francisco on Saturday, September 16th from 11 AM-2 PM for a great workout. Recreation and Park crew and local community will join us to weed, plant, sweep, prune, pick up trash and making the place sparkle. Wear layered, [...]
Weeding and Seeding with the afterschool Beacon
On May 20, 2010 the Western Addition Beacon after school youth weeded out their plots and dug for worms, as well as gathered seeds from vegetables that had run their course. Imagine our surprise when we uncover delicious potatoes! Lina Ortiz joined us for the afternoon and then went off to visit her family in [...]
April Workday a Great Success!
On Saturday, April 17, 2010 we had a workday in Koshland Park and Garden, sponsored by Kaiser-Permanente. Twenty-two neighborhood friends came out to help us move woodchips, prune tree wells, sift compost, building planter aisles and spruce up the park and garden. Thank you to the great volunteers and Kaiser-Permanente! “Volunteers are not paid – [...]
Down-Home Workday in Koshland Park
We had a very friendly neighborhood workday this past Saturday. Many residents and families from Hayes Valley Apartments joined us to move a mountain of wood chip and transport native plants from the John Muir School front garden. Some of the morning crew, including Freddie from the Recreation and Park Department and Megan Schufreider, Manager [...]
Workday this Saturday, February 20, 2010
Come show some love to your neighborhood park and garden. We will be transplanting native plants, mulching, pruning, weeding, planting, and more! Snacks will be provided. Let your friends and family know about the upcoming event. For example, you can let them know about it on Facebook or Twitter. I appreciate it a lot! See [...]
New Intern Meredith Bunyard and November Workday a Great Success!
CommunityGrows is very honored to have Meredith Bunyard, a wonderful intern from San Francisco State University helping us in the garden this semester. She is an Environmental Studies major, with a concentration in Social Justice and Sustainability. We love all the great energy and knowledge she has brought to the garden and our programs. Thank [...]
District 5 Clean Up
August and September Events: District 5 Clean Up in Koshland Park on August 8, 2009 with Ashley Young, Camilla Dawkins, Soumeya Kerrar, Corrine Law, and Tammia Hubbard. Camilla is the Liaison to our community from the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services, and Tammia was an intern in that office this summer. Ashley and Soumeya are [...]