May 31 Workday
We totally transformed the next door Skender garden from a weed-invested jungle to a clean, ready to plant garden.
Jamiah’s Good Bye Party
A teacher from Whitney Young stopped by to teach about grafting apple trees and collecting seeds Jamiah is on his next adventure: working at an orphanage in Brazil. Here are photos from his good bye party in April.
Cultivating Failure-The Controversial Garden Article
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/201001/school-yard-garden
Red Herrings Are Not Dinner Food
http://oaklandlocal.com/article/red-herrings-are-not-dinner-food-or-why-caitlin-flanagan-wrong-about-school-gardens
Mayor’s Landscape Second Place Award & Community Gardener Potluck
Saturday, November 14th marked another wonderful garden potluck at Garfield Park. Our gardens were also honored as 2nd Place Winner of the Mayor’s Community Garden Landscape Award for School Gardens in our Region and by Andres Villanueva: winner of the FIRST Youth Greener of the Year!
Harvestfest 2009
The weather was cold, wet and blustery, but that didn’t stop us from celebrating Harvestfest. We had tostadas, pizza and cha cha, played 7 Up and generally had a great time!
Autumnal Equinox Workday 9-22-09
We started our day with Ms. Laura Caravello’s class planting irises on the parkway. The students utilized simple machines, testing to see which would need less force a hand trowel or a shovel. Afterschool, Natalia, Angel, Jorge and Valentin came by to help. WeLa
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