On Saturday, December 11, 2010 CommunityGrows sponsored the annual wreath and card making event at the Youth Center of Hayes Valley South Apartments. Frames, boughs, babbles, trinkets and...
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Hayward Cooking Classes Begin
In October 2010 CommunityGrows began a year-long Seed-to-Mouth cooking program at Margaret Hayward Recreation Center, Monday afternoons from 4-6 PM. The students who come for the after-school...
Westside Courts begins Gardens
On Saturday, November 13,2010 CommunityGrows joined over 25 residents and volunteers at Westside Courts in San Francisco (bordered by Sutter, Broderick, Baker and Post Streets) to start some...
Halloween at Hayes Valley Apartments
CommunityGrows joined other partners to celebrate Halloween at Hayes Valley Apartments on Saturday, October 31, 2010. Great costumes by the residents. Lots of fun for the adults. ...
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...
Starting a Garden at the Hayward Recreation Center
On Wednesday, April 13, 2010 we began a nine-week program to create a garden at Hayward Recreation Center through a partnership with the Buchanan YMCA, across the street from Plaza East housing...
Handful Players Rehearse in Koshland Garden
On Thursday, April 8, 2010, the Handful Players came to Koshland Garden to rehearse their upcoming play by Eugenie Chan entitled Rainbow in Your Corner....
Holiday Wreath & Card Making-12.12.09
CommunityGrows organized a Wreath and Card Making Event, with local partners, including Community Partners United, Hayes Valley Association and Trash Mash Up on a rainy Saturday in December. We...
October Fun
Our cameras were in the garden afterschool with the YMCA Beacon Kids who come twice a week. The lesson was worms and composting. Collecting worms and sifting compost. It was a most exciting...
New Herb Garden
Thanks to the dreams of Nora, Barbara and Arif, and the hard work of contractor Peter van der Sterre, we now have a beautiful seating area where our herb garden is planted. The seating is large...