This is a tile done by a youth of CommunityGrows on the Western Addition Peace Wall at the Daniel E. Koshland Community Park and Learning Garden, corner of Page and Buchanan Streets in San...
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BEETS Fall Green Job Training Program starting soon!
Applications are here for youth 15-19 years old to join us this fall for our green jobs training program, the BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens). Deadline for...
Western Addition Newspaper highlights CommunityGrows!
Great article appeared in the Western Addition Newspaper this month about Koshland Park and the summer programs at CommunityGrows. The best part was hearing what the youth had to say about the...
Save the Date: Fall Garden Party
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Cooking with Kennard Smith from Firefly Restaurant
On Thursday afternoon our last summer CommunityGrows Seed-to-Mouth cooking...
BEETS build new garden at the African American Arts and Culture Complex
On July 21st and July 26th the BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) built a garden at the African American Arts and Culture Complex on Fulton Street. Everyone had a sense...
Introducing the Summer BEETS!
On Tuesday, June 14, 2011 our new BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) Program began with eight new recruits. All youth from 15-19 years of age live in or have...
Summer Science Program in Full Swing
Many of our summer programs are happening in Koshland Garden. In addition to being the home-base of CommunityGrows and the BEETS, Koshland Garden has weekly groups from the Western Addition and...
Summer Cooking Heats Up!
CommunityGrows Seed-to-Mouth Cooking is turning up the heat this summer with two sites and lots of great healthy eating and learning! What a shock to come in on the end of the session and see...
CommunityGrows is Growing!
CommunityGrows has been growing. This is a photo of some of our staff, spring volunteers, and board members at our Spring Volunteer recognition BBQ in Koshland Park. Over the past few months...