Posts Tagged: community gardens

Growing Solutions in Urban Communities

On Saturday, March 31, Angelenos celebrated the Mayor's "Good Food Day of Service."  Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa, the Los Angeles Food Policy Council, and numerous community partners organized this city-wide event to highlight the importance of...

Urban agriculture can help improve access to healthful food

Photo shows hands holding white cauliflower, purple cauliflower and a bunch of orange carrots.

A community garden takes root

Growing your own food. Raising awareness of food and environmental injustice. And creating a green community. These are the goals of the UC Riverside community garden initiative called Cultivate R-Space. At the community garden – a student-run “living...

Master Gardeners develop garden at Veterans' Home

Beautiful gardens are brimming with color and life at the Veterans’ Home in Ventura. These gardens have been planned, planted and cared for by a group of Ventura County UCCE Master Gardeners and many people in the community. Flowers and ornamental trees...

Raised garden beds allow elderly residents to garden without bending over.

A resident enjoys a 'dry stream bed' in the Veteran's Home Garden.

Grant High School grows food and leadership

Recently, UC’s Agricultural Sustainability Institute gave me the opportunity to visit Grant Union High School in Sacramento to learn about their GEO Environmental and Design Academy, which includes a gardening and cooking program. The school is in an...

Victory Gardens: Join the garden revolution

Rose Hayden-Smith, Ventura County Cooperative Extension director and U.S. historian is passionate about the power and possibilities inherent in gardening. She uses her extensive knowledge of homefront war efforts to help influence public policy in...