Join us for another great workday at Westside Courts in San Francisco. The workday will start at 10:00 A.M. and go to 1:00 P.M. Westside Courts is located between Broderick, Baker, Post and Sutter Streets in San Francisco. Lunch and refreshments will be available, so come …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Saturday, March 12th the rain clouds parted and great sunshine filled the skies over Koshland Park for a garden/park work day sponsored by Starbucks Coffee and Kaiser-Permanente. Over thirty volunteers joined us, including many big wigs from the Northern California Starbucks offices, to help us take four truck-loads of …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The University of San Francisco Interns have been hard at work getting the Booker T. Washington garden together for the after-school students to enjoy. (See previous post). CommunityGrows has been helping them fix up the chicken shed, get planter beds in order, erect fences and stake bean poles. On March …
On March 7, 2011 the youth at Hayward Recreation Center joined the weekly Monday cooking classes to make Chinese Dumplings. Lead by amazing volunteer, Grace Ting, who lives in the neighborhood, and after-school garden coordinator, Ashante Smith, youth chopped and prepared vegetables for the dumplings. Then with round …
On Monday, January 17, 2011 to celebrate Martin Luther King's birthday, a group of great volunteers came to Koshalnd Park for a day of service. They helped us turn compost, weed and remove ivy. It was in the true spirit of giving back to the community. Thank you …
Saturday, March 5, 2011 the rain clouds parted and a clear blue skies graced our workday at Westside Courts in San Francisco. Community Grows joined residents and youth to work on various plots throughout the development that were started back in November. There was lots of weeding, digging, mulching and …
Last month Nora Brereton began working with students from the University of San Francisco Environmental Studies class to bring a great garden space to life at the Booker T. Washington Community Service Center (BTWCSC), 800 Presidio Ave, in San Francisco. USF has an Environmental Studies (ENVA) capstone course designed as a …
CommunityGrows has been assisting Rosa Parks Elementary School with their new garden education program which started up this fall 2010. Nora Brereton, Programs Manager and Environmental Educator, has been working with teachers, students, staff and the PTA to help get the garden spaces up and running and lead the science …