On Friday, July 30th CommunityGrows lead a field trip for the Buchanan YMCA to Alemany Farm in San Francisco. Alemany Farm is a 4.5 acre working organic farm in southeastern San Francisco....
Year: 2010
Prince Hall to Green Gulch Farm
On Friday July 26, 2010 CommunityGrows organized a second summer field trip to Green Gulch Farm, thanks to our partnership with Mo'Magic and Prince Hall Learning Center on Fillmore Street. ...
VIPs to Koshland Garden-Summer 2010
This summer Koshland Garden was host to many VIPs including Jared Blumenfeld and Keith Takata from the Region 9 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Blumenfeld is currently the Regional...
Seed-to-Mouth Cooking Classes-Summer 2010
Veggie Stir-fry, Mexican Salsa, Sushi, Bowtie Pasta, Spring rolls, and Baked potatoes! Every Wednesday in July from 3-5 PM, a culinary theme was chosen and three dishes made. Twenty to...
Summer Volunteers and Teen Interns-2010!
Thanks to incredible volunteers and teen interns, our summer program at CommunityGrows was a smashing success! We could never have served over 300 youth from thirteen organizations...
Partnership with STARBUCKS!
Building upon its long-term commitment to community involvement, Starbucks Coffee Company recently awarded more than $1 million in Starbucks™ Shared Planet™ Youth Action Grants in the U.S....
New Garden at Rosa Parks Elementary School!
On April 21, 2010 Nora Brereton and Barbara Wenger, both staff of CommunityGrows, met with Rosa Parks Elementary School Garden Team to discuss starting a new garden on the school site. What a...
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...
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...
Harvesting Favas with the Beacon Kids
Today first and second graders from the after-school Western Addition Beacon Center worked in Koshland Garden harvesting FAVA BEANS! Favas, really part of the pea family, are very...