On Wednesday August 16, 2017 a large group of Morgan Stanley volunteers came out to help us get Koshland Garden in good shape for the upcoming school year. After welcomes and introductions by the CommunityGrows staff, Melissa Tang, Director of Programs led everyone on a tour of the garden. 
The memorial planting garden was under renovation and expansion thanks to a Community Challenge grant from the City of San Francisco.
Walking through the rows of beds volunteers learned about and tasted various plants that were growing. In the fruit orchard they got to see apples, lemons, prunes, persimmons, raspberries, blackberries and figs growing for fall harvest. 
Then volunteers were assigned different tasks that keep them busy for the afternoon.
They got to clean up the memorial circle, prune ivy, 
rake paths, sweep stairs, weed berry bushes and community beds, 
as well as sweep the stage, turn over the compost 
and prune along the fence line. 
When all this was done, everyone enjoyed watering. At the end of the day the group reconvened to talk about their experiences and what they enjoyed and learned from their visit. Thank you so much Morgan Stanley for providing this volunteer opportunity for us.
We are extremely grateful for your support and hard work! For more photos, please check out our Flickr Photostream here. Thank you again!
Our mission is to cultivate healthy youth through growing gardens in low-income, diverse communities.
Our mission is to cultivate healthy youth through growing gardens in low-income, diverse communities.