On Saturday, December 10th from 1-4 PM the Hayes Valley South Apartments' Community Room was buzzing with activity. Aside from the staff of CommunityGrows, the BEETS (Band of Environmentally...
Year: 2011
Cooking for the Holidays!
On Monday, December 12th, the youth from Hayward Recreation Center in San Francisco, joined CommunityGrows to bake Ginger Snaps for the holidays! It was a great afternoon with about ten youth...
CommunityGrows Garden Party Fund-A-Need
On Saturday, October 15th we had a great Garden Party in Koshland Garden to raise money for our BEETS Program (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens).
Gabe Dominguez band (Shake...
Koshland Park and Garden Workday-November 12, 2011
We will have a workday in Koshland Park and Garden on Saturday, November 12th from 10 AM to 1 PM. It will be a great day for weeding, planting, sweeping, pruning, picking up trash, and making the...
Mr. Tamsky’s 5th Grade Class from John Muir!
On October 11, 2011 Mr. Tamsky's 5th grade class from John Muir Elementary School did their science lesson in the garden learning about water conservation and seed planting. They talked about...
BEETS Building the Hayward Rec Garden
On October 11, 2011 the BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) began designing a new, more permanent garden at Hayward Recreation Center. They decided how it should look...
BEETS Tending the Koshland Garden
The fall BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) have been busy tending and building new gardens throughout the Western Addition. In Koshland Garden they readied the soil...
BEETS-Presidio Restoration Project
On Saturday, October 1st the BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) joined the Presidio Trust rangers for a morning of removing invasive species around Mountain Lake Park....
A Lesson in Soil Testing
On September 28, 2011 our BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) learned about soil testing from BEETS volunteer,advisory board member, and SFSU Environmental Studies...
Rosa Parks Fundraiser highlights gardens
On September 24th Rosa Parks was a flurry of excitement. It seemed like every student and their parents came out for a great day of activities to support the school. There were games, crafts,...