On Saturday, October 29, 2016 CommunityGrows hosted the second Bay Area Youth Summit for organizations working on issues of environmental justice at City Slicker Farms. Groups included Literacy...
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PUC Tours Rosa Parks Watershed Project
On a beautiful rainy Saturday, October 29, 2016, the Citizen Advisory Committee of the Public Utilities Commission lead a green infrastructure walking tour to see water catchment sites in the...
BEETS Climbing to New Heights!
On Saturday October 22, 2016 our new cohort of BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) spent the day at Ft Miley/Lands End in San Francisco doing a ropes course from 9-4...
John Muir Loves Salads!
Another great Salad Day at John Muir School, thanks to Kaiser-Permanente and Gus' Market on Harrison Street. We were honored to get organic greens, fuji apples, carrots, cucumbers and peppers....
Bain & Co. Volunteers
A group of great volunteers from the San Francisco office of Bain & Company spent Friday, September 16, 21016 working with CommunityGrows. We met at the African American Arts and Culture...
Job Opening! Garden Programs Manager
CommunityGrows is hiring a full time Garden Programs Manager.
The Garden Programs Manager manages our environmental education program including curriculum develop, staff...
Gateway High Service Day in Koshland Garden
On Friday, September 30th, Gateway High School joined CommunityGrows staff Melissa Tang and BEETS intern Ivan Gladamez in Koshland Garden for a volunteer Day of Service. These 15 youth and...
Ugly Vegetables!
"What makes this carrot prettier than that one?"
"Believe it or not, this carrot tastes exactly the same as that one!"
“That’s a pickle? But why is it so… white?” Oh I get...
Salad Days at John Muir
Thanks to a grant from Kaiser-Permanente Community Benefit Program, CommunityGrows is able to continue offering Salad Days at John Muir School. With a great donation of organic greens, carrots...
The Chickens Have Arrived!
Saturday, September 10, 2016 was an exciting day at Rosa Parks Elementary. As usual, this workday was a blowout fantastic event with so many families and friends. It was also the exciting...