tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247308772024-03-26T02:17:59.392-07:00Koshland Park Community Learning Garden-Home of CommunityGrowsKoshland Garden is the home base of CommunityGrows. CommunityGrows is an environmental education program serving high-needs youth, especially those living in public housing in San Francisco. Youth acquire the necessary skills to live a healthy life through garden education, nutritious cooking and eating, and green jobs training. Come visit us in the garden soon!Nora Breretonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09326632580497616161noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-30083933536534105022010-04-17T17:20:00.000-07:002010-04-21T17:39:15.989-07:00April Workday a Great Success!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicsoKvHikZZsBVdNj2Vq4nNqphH_YnEE4voNacAowR_RABELm81G6nNXEMyEc7rxtsawQlYp4K43A-JrmMxpo3cmM__X8N5jzJmj6DjLIZVnZq7FQ3ZhuTjcJgKlvKQY5R4uHUpw/s1600/4.17.10-WorkdayKP_IMG_3562.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicsoKvHikZZsBVdNj2Vq4nNqphH_YnEE4voNacAowR_RABELm81G6nNXEMyEc7rxtsawQlYp4K43A-JrmMxpo3cmM__X8N5jzJmj6DjLIZVnZq7FQ3ZhuTjcJgKlvKQY5R4uHUpw/s320/4.17.10-WorkdayKP_IMG_3562.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462750442319711298" /></a>On Saturday, April 17, 2010 we had a workday in Koshland Park and Garden, sponsored by Kaiser-Permanente. Twenty-two neighborhood friends came out to help us move woodchips, prune tree wells, sift compost, building planter aisles and spruce up the park and garden. Thank you to the great volunteers and Kaiser-Permanente! “Volunteers are not paid – not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless." Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClOAkKxf0gjL3Lve94WIuBqeDiy-_70JGOuztfbPiygjXmtP_Xpry0Ce81L0LyD_Rqui975iRFX6KPpi_TgAC5qoq8SF6SlpdfvAeTkfP6Tz3Gnue_YokAYgjIGF4ygQABZy-DA/s1600/4.17.10-KP+Workday-IMG_3586.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClOAkKxf0gjL3Lve94WIuBqeDiy-_70JGOuztfbPiygjXmtP_Xpry0Ce81L0LyD_Rqui975iRFX6KPpi_TgAC5qoq8SF6SlpdfvAeTkfP6Tz3Gnue_YokAYgjIGF4ygQABZy-DA/s320/4.17.10-KP+Workday-IMG_3586.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462752797494471650" /></a>B.Wengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09403758668248839937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-76245177123268680622010-04-15T16:11:00.000-07:002010-04-21T17:35:27.687-07:00Harvesting Favas with the Beacon Kids<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGf5Eebozqj-1swjRq7ZiDUzdYywJztYvQAss8oTxjpQLFFOFbcy1X6aGtes84lHvbzg_MCljYfx4z0NqN-NuwEuinQ1MHRU45IdQvwbkdvx7B5i4QfKCwL9vQOpx75nU8wp7gzw/s1600/4.16.10-WABeacon_IMG_3544.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGf5Eebozqj-1swjRq7ZiDUzdYywJztYvQAss8oTxjpQLFFOFbcy1X6aGtes84lHvbzg_MCljYfx4z0NqN-NuwEuinQ1MHRU45IdQvwbkdvx7B5i4QfKCwL9vQOpx75nU8wp7gzw/s320/4.16.10-WABeacon_IMG_3544.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462734842317186738" /></a>Today first and second graders from the after-school Western Addition Beacon Center worked in Koshland Garden harvesting FAVA BEANS! Favas, really part of the pea family, are very nutritious and have many health benefits. They are especially high in fiber and iron and low in sodium. They even contain L-dopa, which is used as a drug for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, and eating them reduces the risk of heart disease. Shell before eating. Planting favas returns a lot of nitrogen back to the soil. Yumm!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJrAR7qY2frWOsiZFvzCi5cn5YMZEmnGBolse5A0Ss0XIQh73Iu_rBiKK6m4SBvt1LMh3iTGeGWPjkUldqbGBUYCA1if9l3fVIUKT9HijgQVbj4AHu0KAUdCuArtnkMCCnzqVmng/s1600/4.16.10-WABeacon_IMG_3549.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJrAR7qY2frWOsiZFvzCi5cn5YMZEmnGBolse5A0Ss0XIQh73Iu_rBiKK6m4SBvt1LMh3iTGeGWPjkUldqbGBUYCA1if9l3fVIUKT9HijgQVbj4AHu0KAUdCuArtnkMCCnzqVmng/s320/4.16.10-WABeacon_IMG_3549.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462738798057203314" /></a>B.Wengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09403758668248839937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-20782527427060474852010-04-14T13:00:00.000-07:002010-04-21T18:49:23.255-07:00Please Donate to help CommunityGrows!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="https://npo.networkforgood.org/Donate/Donate.aspx?npoSubscriptionId=1002183">Please donate to CommunityGrows!</a><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_nooyPMhDWsQWzpyTeaVcWbnYsTd7tySLCdBu5qciXnzG5O2a-_CCcAEhGlm_s44GZ8RuCEesoI2u3aiTNhLJINeNg19N4vrsAupNe2iJ-5eGf7UHMEHMgk1vgHMjcLs3XkOBWA/s1600-h/TIDES+DONATE+BUTTON_image001.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_nooyPMhDWsQWzpyTeaVcWbnYsTd7tySLCdBu5qciXnzG5O2a-_CCcAEhGlm_s44GZ8RuCEesoI2u3aiTNhLJINeNg19N4vrsAupNe2iJ-5eGf7UHMEHMgk1vgHMjcLs3XkOBWA/s320/TIDES+DONATE+BUTTON_image001.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439330987300711986" border="0" /></a>B.Wengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09403758668248839937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-53843883949335344592010-04-13T15:41:00.000-07:002010-04-21T17:17:18.508-07:00Starting a Garden at the Hayward Recreation Center<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqULQlZyz3mnDnLy63yyRafElK-7YLO7v3GBzj_-wUyja1a6LYu8JC-rjsC2c_MRIW7Ym1JHJ60BBXdpq1zvNDAf182V1l3oOzogocLRPU28MZnx_ts04O-UmS6p-1RrAY0HCEg/s1600/4.13.10-HaywardRecGarden_IMG_3470.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqULQlZyz3mnDnLy63yyRafElK-7YLO7v3GBzj_-wUyja1a6LYu8JC-rjsC2c_MRIW7Ym1JHJ60BBXdpq1zvNDAf182V1l3oOzogocLRPU28MZnx_ts04O-UmS6p-1RrAY0HCEg/s320/4.13.10-HaywardRecGarden_IMG_3470.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462729582227117858" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3YLroMOWmlHNBkQemW4LPT98kCje50s_997dB5kjg4TiXqNGVC_8e0_HQWHkJmzR_sQLV7Flxv-pagXVOMPF-nzCctqYMYVmpoPC0KHbFUw1CJfre5hF6xOW8X0fSF9BRnm6isQ/s1600/4.13.10-HaywardRecGarden_IMG_3533.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3YLroMOWmlHNBkQemW4LPT98kCje50s_997dB5kjg4TiXqNGVC_8e0_HQWHkJmzR_sQLV7Flxv-pagXVOMPF-nzCctqYMYVmpoPC0KHbFUw1CJfre5hF6xOW8X0fSF9BRnm6isQ/s320/4.13.10-HaywardRecGarden_IMG_3533.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462725573975668146" /></a>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 on Laguna St near Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco. Youth designed the layout of the garden, what was to be planted, and then started digging. The following week they planted starts and added rich compost and water. It is exciting to see the changes each week, and we'll keep you up to date.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQn2re9btjVUxi3qAeBW_3vqDXdX_5-xChhS8JQQtb3BUGvD8jvFfd_EFeQNAdDa82ksiG9wDfvviwzXtvtpR8G7ROw7iJ3b1pRU2CIolb3g5RL72ctZ39D_MHXE0OM6NqjEVlg/s1600/4.20.10-HaywardGarden_IMG_3605.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQn2re9btjVUxi3qAeBW_3vqDXdX_5-xChhS8JQQtb3BUGvD8jvFfd_EFeQNAdDa82ksiG9wDfvviwzXtvtpR8G7ROw7iJ3b1pRU2CIolb3g5RL72ctZ39D_MHXE0OM6NqjEVlg/s320/4.20.10-HaywardGarden_IMG_3605.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462730347470116498" /></a>B.Wengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09403758668248839937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-68130783114003843492010-04-08T15:25:00.000-07:002010-04-21T16:09:43.230-07:00Handful Players Reherse in Koshland Garden<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_09WaE7XXgnbs1MZslVAOizMWHx62R9WV9hCkHXXotmXm292vKNbnBimOA896nclfHSt9spBMP6AXyNWEVexh310J1x7fsW5RRO0MC6_fBlEJQNfuxAPLK8F6Io4zp6puqxz9w/s1600/4.8.10-HandfulPlayers_IMG_3305.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_09WaE7XXgnbs1MZslVAOizMWHx62R9WV9hCkHXXotmXm292vKNbnBimOA896nclfHSt9spBMP6AXyNWEVexh310J1x7fsW5RRO0MC6_fBlEJQNfuxAPLK8F6Io4zp6puqxz9w/s320/4.8.10-HandfulPlayers_IMG_3305.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462723399138170034" /></a>On Thursday, April 8, 2010, the Handful Players came to Koshland Garden to rehearse their upcoming play by Eugenie Chan entitled <span style="font-style:italic;">Rainbow in Your Corner<span style="font-weight:bold;"></span></span>. The play highlights how the children of San Francisco's Western Addition community meet the legendary John Muir and discover and learn to preserve the natural beauty of the neighborhood; the play is filled with classic jazz, soul, and gospel music and original lyrics. They will be performing this play on May 15th at Yoshi's in San Francisco at 1:00 PM. Tickets are $5 at the door. Kids 18 and under free. They may perform for us in Koshland Garden too, so stay tuned!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwnsWy49ww_TVhDFAbbQHwD45htjQHVO6dn44NvIUNmvJut-O9I4SJTApDUetaw0S_15UPp41fC_AMzyFATf0RrpEM7ClPxKfgs9DcSjX9luGcCDyRXtrujGE3ot2cH5YWBhyphenhyphenDg/s1600/4.8.10-HandfulPlayers_IMG_3285.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwnsWy49ww_TVhDFAbbQHwD45htjQHVO6dn44NvIUNmvJut-O9I4SJTApDUetaw0S_15UPp41fC_AMzyFATf0RrpEM7ClPxKfgs9DcSjX9luGcCDyRXtrujGE3ot2cH5YWBhyphenhyphenDg/s320/4.8.10-HandfulPlayers_IMG_3285.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462722073226563650" /></a>B.Wengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09403758668248839937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-61778052845435906302010-02-24T13:07:00.000-08:002010-02-24T12:43:14.860-08:00New FACEBOOK Page for CommunityGrows<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmftZKNQ81SN1pw6tv8i3J_IWiFDvJVPKua96vmHPAm-U36HxXr3byPA5wnZe8_wieKi8GpvmCd6fIeWK7ZR9JNrplsThJGvirbhK6Jpo-IiyRgXNKzQEcWwk6N-3Nq7t0rzAnQ/s1600-h/CG-FINAL-Logo_Tagline.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 94px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmftZKNQ81SN1pw6tv8i3J_IWiFDvJVPKua96vmHPAm-U36HxXr3byPA5wnZe8_wieKi8GpvmCd6fIeWK7ZR9JNrplsThJGvirbhK6Jpo-IiyRgXNKzQEcWwk6N-3Nq7t0rzAnQ/s320/CG-FINAL-Logo_Tagline.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439329002776128818" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/CommunityGrows/285330574658?ref=ts">Check out our new Facebook page </a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/CommunityGrows/285330574658?ref=ts">and become a FAN of </a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/CommunityGrows/285330574658?ref=ts">CommunityGrows!</a></span><br /><br /></div>B.Wengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09403758668248839937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-43375238716099435622010-02-24T11:04:00.000-08:002010-02-24T12:40:40.042-08:00Down-Home Workday in Koshland Park<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7dSfofUgZZ4szAI8oL6afCpRQQK82QtTp_wAJcpQ4_uUjzjPKW3VC39bifRuVCOdVUpDVLJ5IpLmsx5tTslSPqQu4_71Y5oqzQeGJOKehn5we0n_ahyM9wSudQRTAOUdtCz0Qyw/s1600-h/2.20.10_KPWkday_IMG_2884.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7dSfofUgZZ4szAI8oL6afCpRQQK82QtTp_wAJcpQ4_uUjzjPKW3VC39bifRuVCOdVUpDVLJ5IpLmsx5tTslSPqQu4_71Y5oqzQeGJOKehn5we0n_ahyM9wSudQRTAOUdtCz0Qyw/s320/2.20.10_KPWkday_IMG_2884.jpg" border="0"alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441906146874284690"/></a><br />We had a very friendly neighborhood workday this past Saturday. Many residents and families from Hayes Valley Apartments joined us to move a mountain of wood chip and transport native plants from the John Muir School front garden.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikiqT8A-eAZV_Y9qCFWZLNBYmj2daVeUNZYHNfq-nnsQ6setjWhJpC9D6Oi_w6NT6x7Osi4wuPs-EeviCu_cFsyyGISLtiFQ3dBkK5y2GLtjIA4BlnFD1HPWROGfl_U8-SBaTW5g/s1600-h/2.20.10-WorkdayKP_IMG_2882.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikiqT8A-eAZV_Y9qCFWZLNBYmj2daVeUNZYHNfq-nnsQ6setjWhJpC9D6Oi_w6NT6x7Osi4wuPs-EeviCu_cFsyyGISLtiFQ3dBkK5y2GLtjIA4BlnFD1HPWROGfl_U8-SBaTW5g/s320/2.20.10-WorkdayKP_IMG_2882.jpg" border="0"alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441906581700271202" /></a><br />Some of the morning crew, including Freddie from the Recreation and Park Department and Megan Schufreider, Manager of Student Services at the California Academy of Sciences (tall blonde on the right).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrI4pSFk6zSLvMT1IHianaWXVUry0zS_vhO2ceEIYaBhn8CijFmBv9Y4OfyCIQsKk90GaQfc3MDHdkhZEulL8A3yK3uAzMqsTwfTZQwcKwPdFDxAbD3IDUk8sj_vjnRAsElkU6bw/s1600-h/TulsiI_Pi_&_Family_IMG_2910.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrI4pSFk6zSLvMT1IHianaWXVUry0zS_vhO2ceEIYaBhn8CijFmBv9Y4OfyCIQsKk90GaQfc3MDHdkhZEulL8A3yK3uAzMqsTwfTZQwcKwPdFDxAbD3IDUk8sj_vjnRAsElkU6bw/s320/TulsiI_Pi_&_Family_IMG_2910.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441911607414596258" /></a><br />Tulsi Pi and daughter Isabel Frazier and son.B.Wengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09403758668248839937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-53591319362780292752010-02-17T12:53:00.000-08:002010-02-17T13:07:48.199-08:00Workday this Saturday, February 20, 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSsOWpvm8G2PmJQ2JzE5AHONvb-muil_6CTdF5c6w5-fviSZA_w0Gt8fCAZC7_e-Hcsy5U3Sn_CGgxKZREKGpBRL2lZEOIPofzo_XzxSGqhY0nKjB45Qx2q63xNomjpRmnOtRKzQ/s1600-h/2.20.2010+workday.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSsOWpvm8G2PmJQ2JzE5AHONvb-muil_6CTdF5c6w5-fviSZA_w0Gt8fCAZC7_e-Hcsy5U3Sn_CGgxKZREKGpBRL2lZEOIPofzo_XzxSGqhY0nKjB45Qx2q63xNomjpRmnOtRKzQ/s320/2.20.2010+workday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439321607994044850" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq95SktH5-4-cbA3GiWW83aEgCHUIzam4nsofxDerl60hBXlVOCXep1BlzdtW6qxU7WnhgAvQY_FNypQjRgnWlrBF9MDWQAlHTzwUD6RS8hYIxijct0D_-BnDmCs5OAY5Fcr14fw/s1600-h/2.20.2010+workday.jpg"><br /></a>B.Wengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09403758668248839937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-42986935117608657152009-12-17T09:26:00.000-08:002009-12-17T10:42:38.064-08:00Holiday Wreath & Card Making-12.12.09CommunityGrows 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 had over 45 participants including many residents from Hayes Valley Apartments and a great team of volunteers from BuildOn organization! Thank you for a great day! More photos will be up on Flicker in the new year!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw48vSL9vKMp4IUg9EDDpF85yQTRUvH60GOgpCo-h6YOTpHBNmp7NPghyphenhyphengBypjyKG7DY2j5v5N_pULT6T5FJbVU3IZGpEa3G7KaGYQrNRs6eNXQOkos9d-qTf0agxRC4h0g-mGBg/s1600-h/12.12.09-WreathAroundHead_IMG_2272.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw48vSL9vKMp4IUg9EDDpF85yQTRUvH60GOgpCo-h6YOTpHBNmp7NPghyphenhyphengBypjyKG7DY2j5v5N_pULT6T5FJbVU3IZGpEa3G7KaGYQrNRs6eNXQOkos9d-qTf0agxRC4h0g-mGBg/s320/12.12.09-WreathAroundHead_IMG_2272.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416275205195532226" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhv937KDRY_ZL9Mtz_qw6aANGuk5ylqGrTcH7runOX583C-4rrsOhyOfBjp_emjKeAXY7NIjkyF2-WDdTY9F7ByMsd05eXuHT1C20Zfoi5L7cEIWOg669fJcfWIyjyfHvmzSevdQ/s1600-h/12.12.09_GroupMAkingWreaths_IMG_2226.jpg"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiEyJ89fizDPVghsjyg6KFJo-66aTuftwiM6zBpqMDW6ExI5zNFEN5YQwOgECYoLAoYeouPUk1WyK0xbJc_JsSw99HciaUnMKCzXS_k50O-X3MOK6xCk7MNn1FHwCpba85ozwi2g/s320/12.12.09-ArmaniWreathMaking_IMG_2335.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416276231673501026" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEWdhrKtLCPzJuPgucf3S-sre8bcaazHmIjPXXgJ4a_OgcFK71y8Yo1nZCNZetaXnM6ZZZ5NBkww6v9M1sggsnweGGt_cdGpz0t0SASgzjF7wTsOlAZck67l6V3gidZZPhVzP5VA/s1600-h/12.12.09-CardMaking_IMG_2276.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEWdhrKtLCPzJuPgucf3S-sre8bcaazHmIjPXXgJ4a_OgcFK71y8Yo1nZCNZetaXnM6ZZZ5NBkww6v9M1sggsnweGGt_cdGpz0t0SASgzjF7wTsOlAZck67l6V3gidZZPhVzP5VA/s320/12.12.09-CardMaking_IMG_2276.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416262369826719346" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7UammB7G4Dm4p65Jm9la0EQX8sE3XoIBkc-n2fFxzK9OekWWIC5s8BoPFLFNgKkycRfOG2R_a5BBa3V_7YJRBktR0UubXjuyhQIx8VyRnMdT0OMr9cuPoE5aY0RsgcoAhW8xdA/s1600-h/12.12.09-TrashMashUp_IMG_2294.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7UammB7G4Dm4p65Jm9la0EQX8sE3XoIBkc-n2fFxzK9OekWWIC5s8BoPFLFNgKkycRfOG2R_a5BBa3V_7YJRBktR0UubXjuyhQIx8VyRnMdT0OMr9cuPoE5aY0RsgcoAhW8xdA/s320/12.12.09-TrashMashUp_IMG_2294.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416262876527266018" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvau_tV5zzpcibHJGU_RTG2KvvQGpTdMAtijZbO9S4JAZqStCujsSV2hb_wgrAsn5_rNGPmiMUolJbsUG0JYLWoVA161szTNUkBOaBDMM78FQtHMNstgZGYI9fdUB-Do_Zm2Xlag/s1600-h/12.12.09-Ajari_WreathAroundHead_IMG_2263.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvau_tV5zzpcibHJGU_RTG2KvvQGpTdMAtijZbO9S4JAZqStCujsSV2hb_wgrAsn5_rNGPmiMUolJbsUG0JYLWoVA161szTNUkBOaBDMM78FQtHMNstgZGYI9fdUB-Do_Zm2Xlag/s320/12.12.09-Ajari_WreathAroundHead_IMG_2263.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416277012230418850" /></a>B.Wengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09403758668248839937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-15798979455185232492009-11-21T08:12:00.000-08:002009-12-28T15:50:16.665-08:00Thanksgiving Event at John Muir Elementary School-November 21, 2009CommmunityGrows joined many partners, including MoMagic and Community Partners United to celebrate Thanksgiving with the neighborhood at John Muir Elemetary School. Here are some photos from the event.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsiv499LwBu3S4z3jZ1ozRLLgrX65wDY8UyfykcxjdnIeLurtFGTXNQC973SGhFIWSagqzzApVja5VvT6goRvEBMy6ZcwrLqHXRUY_sCMDmSY8U8i3MqGPMRgBDZt5IAyhc9anTg/s1600-h/11.21.09-TableofFood_IMG_2122.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsiv499LwBu3S4z3jZ1ozRLLgrX65wDY8UyfykcxjdnIeLurtFGTXNQC973SGhFIWSagqzzApVja5VvT6goRvEBMy6ZcwrLqHXRUY_sCMDmSY8U8i3MqGPMRgBDZt5IAyhc9anTg/s320/11.21.09-TableofFood_IMG_2122.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416250101333348258" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Ms. Welch, Nora Brereton and Ms. Brown:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWtGGZ63UVNceI_rgm6vG662PaAdgKcPi-bKEALbAnpH4AyIF2AeSdqk9PYKbwxuhyphenhyphenBcrbkvQjcDES_iOnNTe1AbJNib7CSK0RX2x41x09VM-J9WbWBSDH1LwNx9KbdMlWh2ApA/s1600-h/11.21.09-Ms.WelchNoraMs.Brown_IMG_2143.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWtGGZ63UVNceI_rgm6vG662PaAdgKcPi-bKEALbAnpH4AyIF2AeSdqk9PYKbwxuhyphenhyphenBcrbkvQjcDES_iOnNTe1AbJNib7CSK0RX2x41x09VM-J9WbWBSDH1LwNx9KbdMlWh2ApA/s320/11.21.09-Ms.WelchNoraMs.Brown_IMG_2143.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416249854861264514" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Three Angels Dancing:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vECDLyST7bslWw7kHaXbj1gY0wA0IwJoEXCYwUcjWu7It-EHGiTLPgVmnLEI-OreVeTA-vn3zAOC9uwMDO7lOSr2VdGLnDyYilmsQtWovVgcZzU7ITYwF3B4tUxtm1VfHlH-Zg/s1600-h/11.21.09-Thanksgiving_ThreeAngelsIMG_2171.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 273px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vECDLyST7bslWw7kHaXbj1gY0wA0IwJoEXCYwUcjWu7It-EHGiTLPgVmnLEI-OreVeTA-vn3zAOC9uwMDO7lOSr2VdGLnDyYilmsQtWovVgcZzU7ITYwF3B4tUxtm1VfHlH-Zg/s320/11.21.09-Thanksgiving_ThreeAngelsIMG_2171.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416250423207934082" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Our New Northern Station Captain, Ann Mannix and daughters Lauren and Kate:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfUcDJCIpXcamaj3WnE7o22JdJWcG4jQfYBEVFzwxQwMqxDUzmFGnJJJNTbdpUpplNLNGgpLM7MUokCESFAcjFRcd0DfWk7SqjJ1uukc2_LkHv-LwYSq1Mbq7Y39ckQgJqenr3A/s1600-h/11.21.09_LaurenAnnMannixandKate-Capt-NorthernIMG_2117.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfUcDJCIpXcamaj3WnE7o22JdJWcG4jQfYBEVFzwxQwMqxDUzmFGnJJJNTbdpUpplNLNGgpLM7MUokCESFAcjFRcd0DfWk7SqjJ1uukc2_LkHv-LwYSq1Mbq7Y39ckQgJqenr3A/s320/11.21.09_LaurenAnnMannixandKate-Capt-NorthernIMG_2117.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416250765072932802" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXeG4qnh6t8VmquLEr1gqt0OLXzouVRiN_F5fUc7FxFxt2RPAOG1TIrrewbzEDSnGucBKHCOKTE_JPsQlSbktAASw2w0WBR0tUGFQTza30wcQFvaYNRHRd9nLZe-cXId80jfIog/s1600-h/PeopleEating_IMG_2157.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXeG4qnh6t8VmquLEr1gqt0OLXzouVRiN_F5fUc7FxFxt2RPAOG1TIrrewbzEDSnGucBKHCOKTE_JPsQlSbktAASw2w0WBR0tUGFQTza30wcQFvaYNRHRd9nLZe-cXId80jfIog/s320/PeopleEating_IMG_2157.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416251389088058834" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Camilla Dawkins and Liz Jackson Simpson:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwdvSctXYAJZlk3J3m5SpVN_xu6sLWTtGoC9GczlYwvNauoWdkJ-kL-geJEEolaP1m6ZYEbZOemqQ932WV8AhCFCkwba-0HSNfWJArNiAlG8dadJJAB2nth54HfBxQHNg8It7iTw/s1600-h/CamilleDawkinsLizJackson_IMG_2111.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwdvSctXYAJZlk3J3m5SpVN_xu6sLWTtGoC9GczlYwvNauoWdkJ-kL-geJEEolaP1m6ZYEbZOemqQ932WV8AhCFCkwba-0HSNfWJArNiAlG8dadJJAB2nth54HfBxQHNg8It7iTw/s320/CamilleDawkinsLizJackson_IMG_2111.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416251002367467666" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Takaija Gardener and Maysha Jackson from the YMCA Beacon Center:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu33gaxL64O6kxNDoivi1Aze47v_e-F6tIs6UnD8nOxYYRqkE3h-Q2Idwl2lJsT5P1ubG20GunfTNfqLSB-ZmNutr0zrh2dQp8Velz0ItMtZlGXyGUQlqdWVUjw-7rT5Egh1IiQg/s1600-h/11.21.09-JMES_TakaijaGardenerMaiesha-Beacon_IMG_2154.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu33gaxL64O6kxNDoivi1Aze47v_e-F6tIs6UnD8nOxYYRqkE3h-Q2Idwl2lJsT5P1ubG20GunfTNfqLSB-ZmNutr0zrh2dQp8Velz0ItMtZlGXyGUQlqdWVUjw-7rT5Egh1IiQg/s320/11.21.09-JMES_TakaijaGardenerMaiesha-Beacon_IMG_2154.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416249628714391506" /></a>B.Wengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09403758668248839937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-63301355141597472152009-11-19T15:15:00.000-08:002009-12-28T16:19:40.342-08:00A CommunityGrows in San Franciscio<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaIh_Bgog6pewLMm6n03Ws5FbN8tXFhi3RPoPT0H4gldlRFVBwg872Cd-WlSVM4ttmaJNEjX0yZkV3A6E4_rXE19XFBnqIBwhOLXIOp5EiCep2ppqQrmxYJI6oZbeuInsQo-frIQ/s1600-h/examiner_logo-header.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 40px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaIh_Bgog6pewLMm6n03Ws5FbN8tXFhi3RPoPT0H4gldlRFVBwg872Cd-WlSVM4ttmaJNEjX0yZkV3A6E4_rXE19XFBnqIBwhOLXIOp5EiCep2ppqQrmxYJI6oZbeuInsQo-frIQ/s320/examiner_logo-header.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420442631075544466" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxstKNmaNahyphenhyphenmkXbKCtXKjEOochc76NeSObNpXdA69pnBNDxrQZChXo8Q2ryv2qq-S4MJV2svYN3xoWRNUYE2KgyTZcHH6bjF68Mmxj_CLJXhLsQt6uNtnMvSmSW0f3OSGnj-k0A/s1600-h/MAUREEN_Futtner.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxstKNmaNahyphenhyphenmkXbKCtXKjEOochc76NeSObNpXdA69pnBNDxrQZChXo8Q2ryv2qq-S4MJV2svYN3xoWRNUYE2KgyTZcHH6bjF68Mmxj_CLJXhLsQt6uNtnMvSmSW0f3OSGnj-k0A/s320/MAUREEN_Futtner.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420445610736467042" border="0" /></a><br />Check out Maureen Futtner's article in the San Francisco Examiner on<br />November 19, 2009:<br /><a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-10861-SF-Nonprofit-Business-Examiner%7Ey2009m11d19-A-community-grows-in-San-Francisco" target="_blank">A COMMUNITY GROWS IN SAN FRANCISCO</a>B.Wengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09403758668248839937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-21806046889921465832009-11-14T19:35:00.000-08:002009-12-28T15:57:32.892-08:00New Intern Meredith Bunyard and November Workday a Great Success!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVipaDQ4fnM-CkEnYU5MjPuxeKfzv2oTOL12hchABu8J4esmGFTfDCa7hC8evzGoT78MrtE-43dQ1FC4K-fdL0SARZ32H7Q0J_t4i-eRrJVL0RB5OsCVz0kON3js0qEiK5vJNlyg/s1600-h/MeredithBunyard_IMG_1943.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVipaDQ4fnM-CkEnYU5MjPuxeKfzv2oTOL12hchABu8J4esmGFTfDCa7hC8evzGoT78MrtE-43dQ1FC4K-fdL0SARZ32H7Q0J_t4i-eRrJVL0RB5OsCVz0kON3js0qEiK5vJNlyg/s320/MeredithBunyard_IMG_1943.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412710601547679090" border="0" /></a><br />CommunityGrows is very honored to have Meredith Bunyard, a wonderful intern from San Francisco State University helping us in the garden this semester. She is an Environmental Studies major, with a concentration in Social Justice and Sustainability. We love all the great energy and knowledge she has brought to the garden and our programs. Thank you Meredith!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />NOVEMBER 14, 2009 KOSHLAND PARK AND GARDEN WORKDAY!</span>:<br />Here are some photos from our November 14, 2009 Koshland Park and Garden Workday. We had 65 volunteers from many high schools, and colleges, including folks from Union Bank. Whole Foods provided boxes of delicious fruit. Noah's bagels and Starbuck's were also featured to run off the great refreshments. Thank you everyone!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIG1FqAXInS3C7ELqls7-lYB8MnMsxQRMf35tPi3rC8rPaY4aB5TUWSKy6wH3tDAnYLfGtHKN107A28UUWH8lLP8MtzSmNQUEN5LsVpH860izO7f6cLbw_Azv9uRKyzaRBcY3Og/s1600-h/small_11.14.09-WorkingNearBBCourt_IMG_2069.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIG1FqAXInS3C7ELqls7-lYB8MnMsxQRMf35tPi3rC8rPaY4aB5TUWSKy6wH3tDAnYLfGtHKN107A28UUWH8lLP8MtzSmNQUEN5LsVpH860izO7f6cLbw_Azv9uRKyzaRBcY3Og/s320/small_11.14.09-WorkingNearBBCourt_IMG_2069.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412711830932930594" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />CREW FROM SONOMA STATE ALTERNATIVE BREAKS PROGRAM:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdRp6F9jqfugPzaB-z2eTu9ukj-ZO67FVvKVJiVsuyehvvSpCQsYK8HnQc7uOlAR7kXs-jFS-nRGRmAG_65vwSwX7jzX75HIoMfZk6b5l8-smlC_3GBqx6vrMA3fCgwbQL6myILw/s1600-h/small_11.14.09-SonomaStateGroup_IMG_2065.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoTUa_bsJ8PVYlqS4MextzbHNItsKmJM_SMPY-n1XnaOy5VFRV7pAZciAv1xgD6Mq2bdJtqhU3e3MGz9BG8qDB5onkYzZiqR3RYRtolrWd7kIaAEL7WL-HQ7Ah6jLj1KHLcopR7w/s320/Small_11.14.09_IMG_2078.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412715050765847218" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />GREAT FOOD:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufMeV7Iu1pDFo6wd09e97797r5sOpKj-0JzPnuMYJGTQ6Dl5pejxHD9UJEZLGGHRUfn42aZCzPBK3y9RKlCq6j4CH0Nne7eonkAgtruQu7bWz7TeeVruVsB9-OldsnPSs11D2Og/s1600-h/Small_11.14.09-FoodTable_IMG_2039.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufMeV7Iu1pDFo6wd09e97797r5sOpKj-0JzPnuMYJGTQ6Dl5pejxHD9UJEZLGGHRUfn42aZCzPBK3y9RKlCq6j4CH0Nne7eonkAgtruQu7bWz7TeeVruVsB9-OldsnPSs11D2Og/s320/Small_11.14.09-FoodTable_IMG_2039.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412714348442851026" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />HOLY NAMES SCHOOL 8TH GRADERS CREW:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpK9JP3EQXCJfbjUgk_0WyPRN7t0PNhoLwWQdBCs3SAJbG21_yujn3PrvnXKRKnfsbMO19h9YfQWGKUh_zRsD2LEDHANarbB0HTAQ9sV7Wk_BVb3VeyJiBuZ6GU7JxILEFRM-YQ/s1600-h/small_11.14.09-HolyNamesSchool_IMG_2043.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpK9JP3EQXCJfbjUgk_0WyPRN7t0PNhoLwWQdBCs3SAJbG21_yujn3PrvnXKRKnfsbMO19h9YfQWGKUh_zRsD2LEDHANarbB0HTAQ9sV7Wk_BVb3VeyJiBuZ6GU7JxILEFRM-YQ/s320/small_11.14.09-HolyNamesSchool_IMG_2043.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412716212637004418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL VISIT BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ALLENE ZANGER AND HUSBAND ROB AND ANGIE CHEN AND FRIEND BEN:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLC6pfr9kHIuL_BuenKx_rJvOY_-9YqRR3bhGaIApRMchYINAXl9U7NWJqukTutOny_BC-D90xDB2MIIgoiiPABSYV3AwkvUXv338tx1JbnMCPckEALQ1ALYmki6OQ0GLx59Reg/s1600-h/Small-11.14.09-Stewardship+Council_IMG_2091.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 247px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLC6pfr9kHIuL_BuenKx_rJvOY_-9YqRR3bhGaIApRMchYINAXl9U7NWJqukTutOny_BC-D90xDB2MIIgoiiPABSYV3AwkvUXv338tx1JbnMCPckEALQ1ALYmki6OQ0GLx59Reg/s320/Small-11.14.09-Stewardship+Council_IMG_2091.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412717547909221458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />WORKING IN THE GARDEN:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwL10gfe6QtB3fz_wTFQ1ju6NjOGS2P8r63JmVRo7AxjPSug7UX6JHQcy5XDP5KI6fIUDtALPrz2VIp1cxRfh70dUaeS0k0LsDB_iobyJwHwSz9zkPQDBTw-HgZK0IJFk0dM661A/s1600-h/Small-11.14.09_WorkInGarden_IMG_2011.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwL10gfe6QtB3fz_wTFQ1ju6NjOGS2P8r63JmVRo7AxjPSug7UX6JHQcy5XDP5KI6fIUDtALPrz2VIp1cxRfh70dUaeS0k0LsDB_iobyJwHwSz9zkPQDBTw-HgZK0IJFk0dM661A/s320/Small-11.14.09_WorkInGarden_IMG_2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412718034347062578" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />UC BERKELEY ALPHA PHI OMEGA FRATERNITY CREW:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9uRa_eKjWwWL7iAh8hQnsTL1_-DNrDmL_Gul-okNHDCkDPWYYbos1wB9geHyFMLlsIDmCSdt_Gx-FPdesWKrN9K4LpR5FFRldifywLynZZnXkJoJnLtw2cfjnhxvOj8PVWp0iDA/s1600-h/Small_11.14.09-UCBGroup_IMG_2092.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9uRa_eKjWwWL7iAh8hQnsTL1_-DNrDmL_Gul-okNHDCkDPWYYbos1wB9geHyFMLlsIDmCSdt_Gx-FPdesWKrN9K4LpR5FFRldifywLynZZnXkJoJnLtw2cfjnhxvOj8PVWp0iDA/s320/Small_11.14.09-UCBGroup_IMG_2092.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412718808708460450" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE AREA #3, RECREATION AND PARK DEPARTMENT CREW OF GREAT GARDENERS:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTP8zDR8Zl4XIG2xN0D8xlpx2UVGBJRjK-RiLcw_L92XKIyj7UYyYn_i69Wnhta9XyfcshLp6SR8BkO-0yiMjtbSu85NWxMi0qZxIYClHWrpr4Z8HnLyGKxqfQC9bd4iDI5uPpw/s1600-h/Small_NSA3RPD_Crew_IMG_1989.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTP8zDR8Zl4XIG2xN0D8xlpx2UVGBJRjK-RiLcw_L92XKIyj7UYyYn_i69Wnhta9XyfcshLp6SR8BkO-0yiMjtbSu85NWxMi0qZxIYClHWrpr4Z8HnLyGKxqfQC9bd4iDI5uPpw/s320/Small_NSA3RPD_Crew_IMG_1989.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412719497567775890" border="0" /></a>B.Wengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09403758668248839937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-71512188069840683212009-10-31T19:41:00.000-07:002009-12-28T15:56:51.054-08:00October FunOur 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 time!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOP8OrnTBy3pGmaaUpLjA04W605m_UHCg1J6r9I_UKGNXD1JNz64WfAWcn2fZp-iXW4-YPj9Uo50QViLJcPX4IP75p9HJSmG0h6XHG2VPdrpD26DHACh31SRTvVpX1Gp2xfJ2Ww/s1600-h/10.20.09-BeaconWorms_IMG_1835.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOP8OrnTBy3pGmaaUpLjA04W605m_UHCg1J6r9I_UKGNXD1JNz64WfAWcn2fZp-iXW4-YPj9Uo50QViLJcPX4IP75p9HJSmG0h6XHG2VPdrpD26DHACh31SRTvVpX1Gp2xfJ2Ww/s320/10.20.09-BeaconWorms_IMG_1835.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412334966898000978" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwhyphenhyphenvnwTkgRj34-FXHoQChubEUULe4C2LE_ocO6KncCcBy1elo7eclROUw9vOegm4IHw6i7_a5nfyS2sZqTAxs9FfRe2n4cVJS3mBQ2yDSSboIZerQiYBjTsDYLdx4b0m4iw9yEw/s1600-h/10.20.09-BeaconWorkm_IMG_1843.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwhyphenhyphenvnwTkgRj34-FXHoQChubEUULe4C2LE_ocO6KncCcBy1elo7eclROUw9vOegm4IHw6i7_a5nfyS2sZqTAxs9FfRe2n4cVJS3mBQ2yDSSboIZerQiYBjTsDYLdx4b0m4iw9yEw/s320/10.20.09-BeaconWorkm_IMG_1843.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412334793664660722" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Then all of a sudden.... it was Halloween. We roasted marshmellows for s'mores at Hayes Valley South with the neighborhood groups and families. Lots of fun and great costumes!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_ZLMoFtkvSIqVpqpD3vqeQrKF_l4MVwgnbYuIjgUtoWOAhrzTmhic7ZbNr9i7Hgyoci21X38aAXECKZBsChe-rSfYvGCnqyzJh4QfMTD8k7JLL84hCTl1KPrz5VjXdEfU_G6Hg/s1600-h/10.31.09-Halloween_IMG_1903.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_ZLMoFtkvSIqVpqpD3vqeQrKF_l4MVwgnbYuIjgUtoWOAhrzTmhic7ZbNr9i7Hgyoci21X38aAXECKZBsChe-rSfYvGCnqyzJh4QfMTD8k7JLL84hCTl1KPrz5VjXdEfU_G6Hg/s320/10.31.09-Halloween_IMG_1903.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412335739259475378" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJu3cH_RBJeulBFVO6cwG2zDbBiI0LZLhpBRvcUc6jV20WRR1wSAG2g5Sh1N0c_fvjFFzXA0SB9BabzS2sN4p0Z87MJHHtcPdChMAusQOpGBoX5NN56sxl3NVRB9sPyKy5_nT7w/s1600-h/10.30.09-Halloween_IMG_1916.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJu3cH_RBJeulBFVO6cwG2zDbBiI0LZLhpBRvcUc6jV20WRR1wSAG2g5Sh1N0c_fvjFFzXA0SB9BabzS2sN4p0Z87MJHHtcPdChMAusQOpGBoX5NN56sxl3NVRB9sPyKy5_nT7w/s320/10.30.09-Halloween_IMG_1916.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412335922823506786" border="0" /></a>B.Wengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09403758668248839937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-50203439303344212202009-09-30T19:16:00.000-07:002009-12-28T15:56:11.189-08:00New Herb GardenThanks 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 enough to accommodate a class of John Muir School students and is in the sunniest part of the garden. This is especially good during the cold winter months. Thank you so much Peter, Lalo and Harold for all your great work on this major achievement to our garden!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOhU6_0F88KvPVXOqWWYjjx7Ed72T-UokByFSkESLBfS92XhaPZjVMMkOGKOdpq6csgaJPdLHD5tTvBD8Sx3rm7Q1nVv_y7kOoRpvqp_hGWwT8urJ-CTVbqltRYXyZg2ycTCjKpA/s1600-h/HerbGarden_IMG_1424.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOhU6_0F88KvPVXOqWWYjjx7Ed72T-UokByFSkESLBfS92XhaPZjVMMkOGKOdpq6csgaJPdLHD5tTvBD8Sx3rm7Q1nVv_y7kOoRpvqp_hGWwT8urJ-CTVbqltRYXyZg2ycTCjKpA/s320/HerbGarden_IMG_1424.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412329452398924946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSf5dKMXUSBQnjrAKsbqKjfpK8htASqfRWobHsAGdoVuZq8fSl0asAPU53YzaOcBIc3bFOUUNO2V_GxBVsZ803pjLeWl-yiiCjHqg54Y_vVu_HDBQDze60H17plnVB4MvC3ldrxA/s1600-h/HerbGartden_IMG_1429.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSf5dKMXUSBQnjrAKsbqKjfpK8htASqfRWobHsAGdoVuZq8fSl0asAPU53YzaOcBIc3bFOUUNO2V_GxBVsZ803pjLeWl-yiiCjHqg54Y_vVu_HDBQDze60H17plnVB4MvC3ldrxA/s320/HerbGartden_IMG_1429.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412328334509697106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyLRI02fsenCkwlOUMil2RUitT91MCGhricj5tqmFpd1NQCPgp_uWuq_wbedG_fcmg1NL9rdL-IPpkk5MazkhaWa0uyJoKJTJLeSNsCzzO3ekbyc1kqAvHMIDfGnOkZHkmRqux8A/s1600-h/HerbGarden_IMG_1321.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyLRI02fsenCkwlOUMil2RUitT91MCGhricj5tqmFpd1NQCPgp_uWuq_wbedG_fcmg1NL9rdL-IPpkk5MazkhaWa0uyJoKJTJLeSNsCzzO3ekbyc1kqAvHMIDfGnOkZHkmRqux8A/s320/HerbGarden_IMG_1321.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412328173887736850" border="0" /></a>B.Wengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09403758668248839937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-38016242325512412942009-09-20T18:54:00.000-07:002009-12-28T15:55:46.897-08:00NORA'S BACK!!We are SO HAPPY to have Nora Brereton back in the garden and totally recovered from her hiking accident three months ago. WELCOME BACK! We really missed you! She is the brains behind our Programs and does an amazing job networking and building community. One of her first orders of business was to have a meeting with the Koshland Park community gardeners on September 19, 2009.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnTyY0hTIuqUiSN4iK2dXPxhASlR1V7ewGOS8A_ndtGH2XHS1KXMu0bTDtqau0G9aMgv12kauceCL5XIpdM1cR7poQ34Sup-jUP1z6EKpIpVWVXxAuwNBpccjjIKwzEIvTmyy65Q/s1600-h/9.19.09-GardenersMeeting_IMG_1442.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnTyY0hTIuqUiSN4iK2dXPxhASlR1V7ewGOS8A_ndtGH2XHS1KXMu0bTDtqau0G9aMgv12kauceCL5XIpdM1cR7poQ34Sup-jUP1z6EKpIpVWVXxAuwNBpccjjIKwzEIvTmyy65Q/s320/9.19.09-GardenersMeeting_IMG_1442.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412323889891937602" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We have two new Garden Coordinators. <br />Zela Rowlands will be coordinating the gardeners who already have plots in the Koshland Garden.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2C9Qe3uyxG7O-kGOSvq7tZphehJ1zCh_mx8Ew6DgBFf_NJ87CVTpcsozqji0YSUnfhcNvRpALojeYlUQFR8ONgcP8g6EpShDODnkfsZRrT8TXOgjlObikpXyGoFcbTN91HLM6aw/s1600-h/ZelaRowland-11.14.09_IMG_0184.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2C9Qe3uyxG7O-kGOSvq7tZphehJ1zCh_mx8Ew6DgBFf_NJ87CVTpcsozqji0YSUnfhcNvRpALojeYlUQFR8ONgcP8g6EpShDODnkfsZRrT8TXOgjlObikpXyGoFcbTN91HLM6aw/s320/ZelaRowland-11.14.09_IMG_0184.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412326689782217138" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKiBIBXqW8OEHTJ2Ra7mc1Xe4M9xcd94N6xpiTnF_Ae_Ckl3Z8pOMK-myqpHx8oTr4bDVuaAy9jiHWyIPeFFU20BW_NBXapkqHml3pY-zq9ozFZRJjp_QNFGHJ0-v6GERS6WsoHA/s1600-h/Arif_Husain_5.9.08_IMG_0310.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKiBIBXqW8OEHTJ2Ra7mc1Xe4M9xcd94N6xpiTnF_Ae_Ckl3Z8pOMK-myqpHx8oTr4bDVuaAy9jiHWyIPeFFU20BW_NBXapkqHml3pY-zq9ozFZRJjp_QNFGHJ0-v6GERS6WsoHA/s320/Arif_Husain_5.9.08_IMG_0310.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412325353999339106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Arif Husain will be coordinating the potential gardeners on the waiting list for a plot in Koshland Garden.B.Wengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09403758668248839937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-36340771956359592262009-09-19T17:34:00.000-07:002009-12-28T15:55:19.753-08:00August and September Events:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPCec0sgsl8GIB0uPFWVhXPqTqsQ2oqX1MFcgjKLQsNIFWiYFiyrjNdB0iRaukANOSbQ85P5C7K9oLhEMUbd0l6e0hEjuet1zqof9kYhF8fQGfIagWmiOFm8nzY-pivhpd9mGLsA/s1600-h/8.8.09-Dist5Clenaup_IMG_1286.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPCec0sgsl8GIB0uPFWVhXPqTqsQ2oqX1MFcgjKLQsNIFWiYFiyrjNdB0iRaukANOSbQ85P5C7K9oLhEMUbd0l6e0hEjuet1zqof9kYhF8fQGfIagWmiOFm8nzY-pivhpd9mGLsA/s320/8.8.09-Dist5Clenaup_IMG_1286.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412306178607346962" border="0" /></a><br />District 5 Clean Up in Koshland Park on August 8, 2009 with Ashley Young, Camilla Dawkins, Soumeya Kerrar, Corrine Law, and Tammia Hubbard. Camilla is the Liaison to our community from the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services, and Tammia was an intern in that office this summer. Ashley and Soumeya are teens who often come to work in Koshland garden. Corrine was our Compost Queen this summer!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhch8lcvMKc4JGdnT-hCIeDx_WCaNrygjiRqb7Hi5b0mgpxCPDR-sOp-ktHxLD9Z2KWSA_huYihO1cFpTiZLKuFd7ETy2L2tXGcMbnflumHQaCvu4lH3sPye770ngvS3BnWY41Hw/s1600-h/8.20.09-GapWorkday_IMG_1302.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhch8lcvMKc4JGdnT-hCIeDx_WCaNrygjiRqb7Hi5b0mgpxCPDR-sOp-ktHxLD9Z2KWSA_huYihO1cFpTiZLKuFd7ETy2L2tXGcMbnflumHQaCvu4lH3sPye770ngvS3BnWY41Hw/s320/8.20.09-GapWorkday_IMG_1302.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412307682068791826" border="0" /></a> Volunteers from the GAP helped us in the garden on August 20, 2009, weeding, planting and composting. Thank you so much for your help! Great volunteers!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgPBba30y-_XM8nhSfAZdbav18SFikiOJW3-_J-GhFnZBVdErMn2MBj0j4toMAgaEU97djpxV9FRdHvxbiybkOWJBbT0vOTiiYLa87AhvaUhCrTXcuMw4PNDeAO5amTtWMeX7xA/s1600-h/8.28.09-BaySchoolVisit_img_1305.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgPBba30y-_XM8nhSfAZdbav18SFikiOJW3-_J-GhFnZBVdErMn2MBj0j4toMAgaEU97djpxV9FRdHvxbiybkOWJBbT0vOTiiYLa87AhvaUhCrTXcuMw4PNDeAO5amTtWMeX7xA/s320/8.28.09-BaySchoolVisit_img_1305.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412308183371250802" border="0" /></a> Tenth graders from the San Francisco Bay School spend the morning in Koshland Garden on August 28, 2009 learning about the environment.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sBJ72CFcTGKYsPnnyddhQf5i9ulxWxQXSvXoCl6HNWf1jqnOagquV-BoyGtzQd-4fh_3IpQyvFU-J5wK24SBJvnJbLf5_9TwooFdo65M5PEzmdkrH6aitlQkdx05fGqDL6leKA/s1600-h/9.19.09_Workday-Kaiser_IMG_1432.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sBJ72CFcTGKYsPnnyddhQf5i9ulxWxQXSvXoCl6HNWf1jqnOagquV-BoyGtzQd-4fh_3IpQyvFU-J5wK24SBJvnJbLf5_9TwooFdo65M5PEzmdkrH6aitlQkdx05fGqDL6leKA/s320/9.19.09_Workday-Kaiser_IMG_1432.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412310155072420594" border="0" /></a>Koshland Park Workday on September 19th sponsored by Kaiser Permanente. David van Dralen Wetters and Lisa Sandles from Kaiser. Thank you!B.Wengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09403758668248839937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-39274940031902357742009-07-15T13:02:00.000-07:002009-12-28T15:54:01.090-08:00Summer 2009 Highlights<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjHdsxLP1En_oAMcpHmWswvU8fxKnROYKLBA5fHDzLPeL4jDX0qOW9qfEEsiGPSYIj97CB8X5twNmUIf_ZllEz50F1mbJoYFFiVwcEWVlUQX-AY8IqCAVgwvRSiexxGu9Onph1yQ/s1600-h/5.30.09-LaJaiyah("><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjHdsxLP1En_oAMcpHmWswvU8fxKnROYKLBA5fHDzLPeL4jDX0qOW9qfEEsiGPSYIj97CB8X5twNmUIf_ZllEz50F1mbJoYFFiVwcEWVlUQX-AY8IqCAVgwvRSiexxGu9Onph1yQ/s320/5.30.09-LaJaiyah(" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412240064417440194" border="0" /></a><br /><br />• Our May Celebration,announcing our new name, mission and great award from GreatNonProfits was a hugh success. Our CommunityGrows board joined us with YMCA folks and Val Brown from Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi's office. Also our wonderful long-time friend, Sissy Geballe and her grandson Dan and his wife Linda joined us. A terrific day!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5jKkXAIMGS35zxuRncwA6GVy0j6FJMeiAbfutF4oQW9yxnyVhFhLzBRjFNOBS5NM6XLQNxsDNrnEbMgFkd50k-2TLsA51DziJmB4Qh6oXXBd2yQoDUeoHFQ5vZjjJmRVRy6Jhg/s1600-h/5.30.-09MovieNight_IMG_4191.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5jKkXAIMGS35zxuRncwA6GVy0j6FJMeiAbfutF4oQW9yxnyVhFhLzBRjFNOBS5NM6XLQNxsDNrnEbMgFkd50k-2TLsA51DziJmB4Qh6oXXBd2yQoDUeoHFQ5vZjjJmRVRy6Jhg/s320/5.30.-09MovieNight_IMG_4191.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412237291757956946" border="0" /></a><br /><br />• First ever Movie Night in the Koshland Garden: 5/30/09 presented by Pamela Jean Smith, a neighbor who works at the Pacific Film Archives. At 9:00 PM thirty-five people braved a cool summer night to watch old films from the archives on gardening and growing food. The garden performance stage held the screen and a projector shot the reels provided. Nora and Barbara served hot cider to everyone, including two police officers who came to watch from the Northern Station. A great night was had by all!<br /><br />• The challenging new for June was that our Programs Manager, Nora Brereton had a hiking accident in Big Sur which landed her in the hospital for three months with broken bones and internal injuries. Being the young, strong and determined person that she is, she recovered fully and was back to work with the start of the Fall 2009 school year. WELCOME BACK NORA!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6FRLapNGuZOM2bjoPAfFEVrwLIcH6Zpw72FTDxBUc2EaGCqtkajBJkjnjpi34iAz_N0s7HQ4BxbxNpmkZ9sRgJUFFH5z-J4U4wrNvtZxBxlClUx5QKA7TrC7w-lD-DfrF12vcbQ/s1600-h/CorrineLaw_IMG_4269.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6FRLapNGuZOM2bjoPAfFEVrwLIcH6Zpw72FTDxBUc2EaGCqtkajBJkjnjpi34iAz_N0s7HQ4BxbxNpmkZ9sRgJUFFH5z-J4U4wrNvtZxBxlClUx5QKA7TrC7w-lD-DfrF12vcbQ/s320/CorrineLaw_IMG_4269.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412246711763292594" border="0" /></a><br /><br />• Corrine Law, a graduate of the Get-Up Program from the Garden for the Environment, joined us during the summer to turn our compost. She became the Compost Queen and everyone was in awe of her.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />• Summer Programs began in June, first with the LetUsGrow Summer Camp. We had a terrific intern from Global Exchange, Luz Gomez,<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUjnygJ36WFoS2NQzAbCvueUHlLjO_itJoQyfyAkoRSC-vJRqS3YpSRUczS2Jb2v5WmdKmheiqx-V6S0N8h3bWXCypXaJxBYq4Z4BAN_P11xMtGP5VqO_b20wNidabv0rvPuWgg/s1600-h/LuzGomez_IMG_4194.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUjnygJ36WFoS2NQzAbCvueUHlLjO_itJoQyfyAkoRSC-vJRqS3YpSRUczS2Jb2v5WmdKmheiqx-V6S0N8h3bWXCypXaJxBYq4Z4BAN_P11xMtGP5VqO_b20wNidabv0rvPuWgg/s320/LuzGomez_IMG_4194.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412258501362226882" border="0" /></a><br /><br />who lead the program with the assistance of Markos Major, garden educator.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9d14cny2uvXcwzS5t3nT8fB_W2CQXg5ZB-MGvxDCZHPbMMJlzpoS42J3jxCJye0d5uvm7VRsEIj0owN0vmtlhwHAM7QNcx3KGyUZ-eQXIrY4GDq9ehZTlaCPiFib88WZDH-ORog/s1600-h/MarkosMajor_IMG_0883.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9d14cny2uvXcwzS5t3nT8fB_W2CQXg5ZB-MGvxDCZHPbMMJlzpoS42J3jxCJye0d5uvm7VRsEIj0owN0vmtlhwHAM7QNcx3KGyUZ-eQXIrY4GDq9ehZTlaCPiFib88WZDH-ORog/s320/MarkosMajor_IMG_0883.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412259658141640546" border="0" /></a><br />Breakfast every morning at Kate's Kitchen on Haight Street:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UFxwe9zrqMEILwDtBbGkNp2ixaNrp00m45Lq9ydm-mfMzlPIRefAT7cDJ4TVAiMonhQKlHnuirAmUxurXhk-PjFUT9lcdsLGhpcFkUOMUU3zTV7YMiNgYs5tHvNnZMrQWJwYxw/s1600-h/Camp_7.22.09-BevanDufty&JoseCisneros_IMG_0991.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UFxwe9zrqMEILwDtBbGkNp2ixaNrp00m45Lq9ydm-mfMzlPIRefAT7cDJ4TVAiMonhQKlHnuirAmUxurXhk-PjFUT9lcdsLGhpcFkUOMUU3zTV7YMiNgYs5tHvNnZMrQWJwYxw/s320/Camp_7.22.09-BevanDufty&JoseCisneros_IMG_0991.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412259918800452178" border="0" /></a><br />Growing beautiful carrots:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFbK0i7inMtil23QcfNoWd7VfGrtON0SJJtQJaU5beX-Mh56_xFGYlptr-pYEruYhcX9yd1CJMgnfVmYh3RYZYh9-Cvh4TNQ0vDC1Qn_17zGfVeIE-U_HKemgPUJBcf5F-LvY2tA/s1600-h/Camp_7.7.09-KrystalErickaAngel_IMG_0328.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFbK0i7inMtil23QcfNoWd7VfGrtON0SJJtQJaU5beX-Mh56_xFGYlptr-pYEruYhcX9yd1CJMgnfVmYh3RYZYh9-Cvh4TNQ0vDC1Qn_17zGfVeIE-U_HKemgPUJBcf5F-LvY2tA/s320/Camp_7.7.09-KrystalErickaAngel_IMG_0328.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412254880832224050" border="0" /></a><br />Going to Green Gulch Farm:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi20S-4koeBWTGk7eZEwKf7olHuKKDumd715udkCW0K_6i7dXMvP-IdM3KSbVqcxwFKaEEB7YJRfPTi17I4XyhTmZg2LfdlbUXUjZpcpqqubuGhfhG9QfHLgemUC7dd4i_v0-3Wiw/s1600-h/Camp_7.8.09-GGF_Fields_IMG_0431.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi20S-4koeBWTGk7eZEwKf7olHuKKDumd715udkCW0K_6i7dXMvP-IdM3KSbVqcxwFKaEEB7YJRfPTi17I4XyhTmZg2LfdlbUXUjZpcpqqubuGhfhG9QfHLgemUC7dd4i_v0-3Wiw/s320/Camp_7.8.09-GGF_Fields_IMG_0431.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412255121487227970" border="0" /></a><br />Working at the Civic Center Farmers Market:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yap_r5TELSRuIguDuTfsyPyMUHMI4Ecu1IQbFAz4HTERRp-3T8sMQsEUky3fWdDLa3o8Zirlohaov8IGxRvEnbOTSyp64Uj62RZABwrg79Qm4v_0oIVyNwFOwSe4DKl8f_v4_Q/s1600-h/Camp_7.15.09-Maro=kosGroup_IMG_0726.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yap_r5TELSRuIguDuTfsyPyMUHMI4Ecu1IQbFAz4HTERRp-3T8sMQsEUky3fWdDLa3o8Zirlohaov8IGxRvEnbOTSyp64Uj62RZABwrg79Qm4v_0oIVyNwFOwSe4DKl8f_v4_Q/s320/Camp_7.15.09-Maro=kosGroup_IMG_0726.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412255385796650050" border="0" /></a><br /><br />• Our Seed-to-Mouth Cooking classes started in June every Wednesday from 3:30-5:30 PM in Hayes Valley South Community Room. Our leader was Ms. Saewon Oh, a former teacher's aide at John Muir School this past year.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN39bOr8nL7S_4wWqXYu9zb1mFwaoAlrXGqCeB6QdgoCvtxUOLj52uTG4NYJPvdL4hl4KVxwjngdkBWLgvdznjfjOXk1Q2GCfoJz4wBdxh3rcId-dtdV7naOsF66DP-vprU29Qlg/s1600-h/Saewon_IMG_0794.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN39bOr8nL7S_4wWqXYu9zb1mFwaoAlrXGqCeB6QdgoCvtxUOLj52uTG4NYJPvdL4hl4KVxwjngdkBWLgvdznjfjOXk1Q2GCfoJz4wBdxh3rcId-dtdV7naOsF66DP-vprU29Qlg/s320/Saewon_IMG_0794.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412257400663278722" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Every week at least 20 youth and their families harvested produce from the garden and made delicious meals together, including Stone Soup, Mexican and Italian dishes, and strawberry jam. Umm!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-zwdAzZaA95r-r_F89uJcxElvR8U45ZdXjfj9Fbp_khLquAA9lJpS8_gBh6h3R66bVLvJjrxyEGQzpAAUkgQs8mBvXMadl_2yXeTTPLmXfmzoaSNvMtdepCb7are0j9TFltcydg/s1600-h/Cooking_IMG_0031.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-zwdAzZaA95r-r_F89uJcxElvR8U45ZdXjfj9Fbp_khLquAA9lJpS8_gBh6h3R66bVLvJjrxyEGQzpAAUkgQs8mBvXMadl_2yXeTTPLmXfmzoaSNvMtdepCb7are0j9TFltcydg/s320/Cooking_IMG_0031.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412250202637867522" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdh-C1l4R2lpXrIQHWjLCKwntVy2g-xrBUBevLw9ALvBuLPyDtrYO82n4uIS955Qc1G7f57Md_Jpr_pwdEQuoeDKQhovHqr31HQEdwmXmvDbk-1Vh28PYR_UsMzcJw36JGZVBaQ/s1600-h/Cooking_IMG_0532.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdh-C1l4R2lpXrIQHWjLCKwntVy2g-xrBUBevLw9ALvBuLPyDtrYO82n4uIS955Qc1G7f57Md_Jpr_pwdEQuoeDKQhovHqr31HQEdwmXmvDbk-1Vh28PYR_UsMzcJw36JGZVBaQ/s320/Cooking_IMG_0532.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412250353984434578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVnUqEqV8k5bmc9KEF2yVjc_yQjkUv_EFpn8rHHhO2u4lnMSMTlPAeVXsKAFK8ksxLeRxMI-GjL3fTDCYLM1OaEAjTIzXmphP7Tytezg1IZh5WvP7eByE2_ymaeIX-DAIcdT0SA/s1600-h/Cooking_IMG_0809.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVnUqEqV8k5bmc9KEF2yVjc_yQjkUv_EFpn8rHHhO2u4lnMSMTlPAeVXsKAFK8ksxLeRxMI-GjL3fTDCYLM1OaEAjTIzXmphP7Tytezg1IZh5WvP7eByE2_ymaeIX-DAIcdT0SA/s320/Cooking_IMG_0809.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412250518193831986" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2bUxaPem-9q5wv0NNheDiHINHZ2TAtcGtayt6H1mfwx4rG64CvybPaMJBNEtBYT4UGEVvtYt4N9NwWgDuJhkDZOVSXfnvGQV98x7qiQ2kthyHggwOlLQlgGj4mf21zdIn5_T3gA/s1600-h/Cooking_IMG_1032.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2bUxaPem-9q5wv0NNheDiHINHZ2TAtcGtayt6H1mfwx4rG64CvybPaMJBNEtBYT4UGEVvtYt4N9NwWgDuJhkDZOVSXfnvGQV98x7qiQ2kthyHggwOlLQlgGj4mf21zdIn5_T3gA/s320/Cooking_IMG_1032.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412250668825778370" border="0" /></a>B.Wengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09403758668248839937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-21965682034776418322009-05-25T15:40:00.000-07:002009-05-27T13:53:48.481-07:00Spring Celebration in Koshland Park<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrYO2x_IFr3txxz4s1JsG85QJTuPjIh_rIuuaYYH4l8GX5Rb63P_w5YpSFDrXJwhCWfri1lDqCDyHDXRZoYeoCj3NctnPmqGTb0Z7U4FheSZYE1c-3Of6jCEJRDFO5j129TXCLg/s1600-h/Cropped_RGB_331.6-KP-May+Celebration-5.3.97.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrYO2x_IFr3txxz4s1JsG85QJTuPjIh_rIuuaYYH4l8GX5Rb63P_w5YpSFDrXJwhCWfri1lDqCDyHDXRZoYeoCj3NctnPmqGTb0Z7U4FheSZYE1c-3Of6jCEJRDFO5j129TXCLg/s320/Cropped_RGB_331.6-KP-May+Celebration-5.3.97.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339902598453873650" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Join us this Saturday, May 30th, 2009 for a day of garden work and play, and to celebrate the Hayes Valley Neighborhood PARKS Group's transformation: A new name (Community Grows!) and a Great NonProfits Award!<br /><br />Garden Workday 10-1 PM<br />Celebration/BBQ 1-3 PM<br />Movies in the Park 8:30 PM<br />Location: Koshland Park (corner of Page and Buchanan Streets, San Francisco)<br />Cost: Free<br /><br />Bring a potluck dish to share for the BBQ. Grills and local bands are welcome (contact us if you have one!!)<br /><br />This event is sponsored by the Western Addition Beacon Center, CommunityGrows, and Kaiser Permanente! For more information, contact: Nora Brereton, Programs Manager, at 415-424-5770 or nora@communitygrows.org.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgI3jC2tALuBDMZv7DxoZYb40BIVIj-P-oqFzQxTn7_6cfv7p3oXoKmixLs9XCiY9ej9ZNBqvl8j78zHmcHR8PubkgFnHiTxTDEh_vNjF4WTw-ZNFxMu3jYkvV3LzokWZDa71-A/s1600-h/KP_Thrive_307.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 187px; height: 29px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgI3jC2tALuBDMZv7DxoZYb40BIVIj-P-oqFzQxTn7_6cfv7p3oXoKmixLs9XCiY9ej9ZNBqvl8j78zHmcHR8PubkgFnHiTxTDEh_vNjF4WTw-ZNFxMu3jYkvV3LzokWZDa71-A/s320/KP_Thrive_307.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339903558530369762" /></a>B.Wengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09403758668248839937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-85570851416366848182009-04-23T12:34:00.000-07:002009-05-04T13:21:34.633-07:00Hayes Valley Neighborhood Parks Group Declared Winner!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TzzxqU1zReM8w66ntircQ1IKL8OBaoFYkR3_Ha9e8Gk-UbeZOYAfhyphenhyphenZkdibj_Ksw6HVwfYJz-SboqECIazZCmnlzReXh0dFFh8reWnURqisEQUhyl_b8-t95i3b2mVaAj-jUUw/s1600-h/GreenChoice2009_badge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 189px; height: 77px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TzzxqU1zReM8w66ntircQ1IKL8OBaoFYkR3_Ha9e8Gk-UbeZOYAfhyphenhyphenZkdibj_Ksw6HVwfYJz-SboqECIazZCmnlzReXh0dFFh8reWnURqisEQUhyl_b8-t95i3b2mVaAj-jUUw/s320/GreenChoice2009_badge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332044483455141938" border="0" /></a><br />Grassroots Environmental Nonprofits, Not Large, Well-Known Groups, Get Highest Ratings<br />Green Choice Awards Publishes First Ever List of Best Environmental Nonprofits<br /><br />Menlo Park, Calif. — April 30, 2009 —Grassroots organizations get top votes for best environmental nonprofits, according to GreatNonprofits’ 2009 Green Choice Awards. The contest, held during Earth Month in April, asked people to submit reviews and ratings about environmental nonprofits. The results provide surprising insights into the kinds of organizations that are considered effective by volunteers, donors and stakeholders.<br /><br />Over the course of Earth Month, more than 26,000 people visited the GreatNonprofits Web site, and 835 reviews were posted about more than one hundred environmental organizations.<br /><br />“It’s wonderful to see the expression of positive comments on the GreatNonprofits Web site, and we are motivated to do even more to deserve this praise,” says Charles Higgins, executive director of Slide Ranch, which won for best environmental organization with an annual budget between $250,000 and $1 million. <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Barbara Wenger runs the Hayes Valley Neighborhood Parks Group, the winner among organizations with budgets of $250,000 or less. She says, “We are so honored to be selected, and more importantly to be reviewed so highly by people. I am shocked and thrilled. Even if we didn't win, just reading all of those wonderful reviews is so amazing.”</span><br /><br />While big organizations such as Greenpeace and the Sierra Club were available for review, those groups didn’t see the kinds of results that their leaner counterparts did. <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">For example, the reviews for the NRDC totaled 5, while the tiny Hayes Valley Neighborhood Parks Group garnered 44.</span><br /><br />“There are so many great nonprofits who don’t have an advertising budget and are not household names. Similar to what Yelp has done for small restaurants, we enable grassroots nonprofits to gain recognition,” says Perla Ni, CEO and founder of GreatNonprofits. “Now there’s an even playing field through the genuine testimonials and reviews of people who have seen the work of a nonprofit first-hand. Donors and volunteers now have a source of information for which nonprofits are accountable and effective.”<br /><br />To read our reviews, go to <<a href="http://www.greatnonprofits.org/reviews/hayes-valley-neighborhood-parks-group">http://www.greatnonprofits.org/reviews/hayes-valley-neighborhood-parks-group</a>>. To see the winner's page, go to <<a href="http://www.greatnonprofits.org/green">http://www.greatnonprofits.org/green</a>>. Thank you everyone!!!</http:></http:>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-43407338739609979662008-10-22T11:04:00.000-07:002009-04-30T19:07:06.452-07:00BEET Ranger Graduation!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnH6obDFn2V3rgsomlVV0mNw8jPmNC9e8VRTOkvrT-FZcqjkUbqkYrLbEdQoS8Ndwk3nABsMN-0JfJX2mAyz7wO-pbLZ2C2VRP7Tjnx3u6KAl-Fmts6nAS9Zwae3KMxkL0IyxEQ/s1600-h/IMG_2225.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnH6obDFn2V3rgsomlVV0mNw8jPmNC9e8VRTOkvrT-FZcqjkUbqkYrLbEdQoS8Ndwk3nABsMN-0JfJX2mAyz7wO-pbLZ2C2VRP7Tjnx3u6KAl-Fmts6nAS9Zwae3KMxkL0IyxEQ/s320/IMG_2225.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330657484372290498" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Today we said farewell to the BEET Rangers! It was bittersweet, of course. We will miss them, but we are so proud to see them complete this program and move on to new and exciting paths in their lives! </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Modern Tea hosted us for a celebration dessert buffet, with cakes, cookies, sparkling apple cider and local lemonade. Everyone received a diploma and made a speech, and were sent home with beautiful BEET Ranger photo books that Executive Director Barbara Wenger had put together of the amazing photographs she has taken of the BEET Rangers through the program! </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">We hope to have a few of the BEET Rangers come back and teach with us for the next round of the program, starting in March. There is definitely interest from some of them, and their expertise, great advice, and valuable teaching skills would make the program much stronger next year. In my opinion, youth-led programming is the key to success, and I am looking forward to working with the graduates as co-teachers and co-facilitators. In the meantime, I will miss them as we take a break until next year. They bring so much inspiration and necessary challenge to my life, to keep me an active and critical thinker.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Thank you BEETS!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibk2ihpKszeWhwlaRO_49BGsa0Cck5bDi0iNZhh1CzrYPbmxpPWBTGAjSdLjqHGAfOK58mybWIrvpECFijXHYwnxpVg6xEn_UCsIw_9weqDpl429TjxCEdAvWd7NO2rXkiOcj6gw/s1600-h/IMG_2088.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibk2ihpKszeWhwlaRO_49BGsa0Cck5bDi0iNZhh1CzrYPbmxpPWBTGAjSdLjqHGAfOK58mybWIrvpECFijXHYwnxpVg6xEn_UCsIw_9weqDpl429TjxCEdAvWd7NO2rXkiOcj6gw/s320/IMG_2088.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330671045867111234" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-20088524127342830402008-10-18T11:52:00.000-07:002009-04-30T19:59:59.547-07:00Harvest Festival!<div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOdTyGMJyAkrgV52rrsV3OYAnbQ90WFdSJ2jI_CFvuHKihLF8yGrDiCwHw0MJZ0CPXrLrUApy3Fy2zWwE_kDeKtJr79IgHwfQZgkOmp8itLYqJKANCo2LWoSce3phe8y3KUwugA/s1600-h/IMG_2156.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOdTyGMJyAkrgV52rrsV3OYAnbQ90WFdSJ2jI_CFvuHKihLF8yGrDiCwHw0MJZ0CPXrLrUApy3Fy2zWwE_kDeKtJr79IgHwfQZgkOmp8itLYqJKANCo2LWoSce3phe8y3KUwugA/s320/IMG_2156.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330659142784874178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Harvest Festival this year was a great success, all planned and run by the BEET Rangers! In the morning, the BEET Rangers helped move mulch and compost, take out and harvest winter squash, and prepped beds to plant carrot and radishes for the fall. We harvested some cute little winter squashies to decorate for halloween!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOj4RD2P3m1yC3fOmD3a15E7mo-ExPdJyfBF_h3eFULuHsey6Ac2tldaRF2yifghWYCh1LahD60jrffp3niLWkchPtyvWw3HCM1jXs5_DRT6Wu-MYtvgOBkfg1oMfnQ88O6vZOiQ/s1600-h/IMG_1889.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOj4RD2P3m1yC3fOmD3a15E7mo-ExPdJyfBF_h3eFULuHsey6Ac2tldaRF2yifghWYCh1LahD60jrffp3niLWkchPtyvWw3HCM1jXs5_DRT6Wu-MYtvgOBkfg1oMfnQ88O6vZOiQ/s320/IMG_1889.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330664087578919298" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">We spread a lot of the compost into our perennial beds and fed our trees their fall compost, giving them deep fertilizing as we move into the new season. A few of the BEET Rangers also painted signs to leave a lasting impression on the garden, making it more beautiful for future groups who come to enjoy the garden.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ964461PVtLZg9JTZqN4gRGU9OkblsDG5Z2nOT4BRHcJ5IgHQ7KKQbnwBYhay1HL5JFIohDk9Ih9ONY8s8mAkThfGmx8fJVVTyyDz6wa7JR0gpffzGAW24DuNjtCAKlEYEkJnjg/s1600-h/IMG_1906.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ964461PVtLZg9JTZqN4gRGU9OkblsDG5Z2nOT4BRHcJ5IgHQ7KKQbnwBYhay1HL5JFIohDk9Ih9ONY8s8mAkThfGmx8fJVVTyyDz6wa7JR0gpffzGAW24DuNjtCAKlEYEkJnjg/s320/IMG_1906.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330664225081947714" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">After our hard work, we went down to Hayes Valley Playground to celebrate with the rest of the neighborhood. The BEET Rangers ran a table about our organization, and helped people plant peas to take home in pots they could decorate themselves. Other BEET Rangers, especially Krystal, Karen, and Jessica, did face painting on lots of little kids. There was a delicious barbeque, and lots of bikes to ride around, including bikes that were welded together so you could ride side by side! It was a great time, and a sweet last event to celebrate with the community and our soon to graduate BEET Rangers<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWwMPcptiKA7YyQ_6ptzM5SSCeDMA8d_47WtVKU37KaxXKBkXlnJYguBbXqFRDbqkUq_1VpJ8Uaao8oprVXghl4iv_phfZhJ4N1jIq7IDZH-vUn6vpycpVrCHx-jrWw8VdN3R-w/s1600-h/IMG_2149.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWwMPcptiKA7YyQ_6ptzM5SSCeDMA8d_47WtVKU37KaxXKBkXlnJYguBbXqFRDbqkUq_1VpJ8Uaao8oprVXghl4iv_phfZhJ4N1jIq7IDZH-vUn6vpycpVrCHx-jrWw8VdN3R-w/s320/IMG_2149.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330658913419089954" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">!</span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-66185115317113123842008-10-15T11:14:00.000-07:002009-04-30T18:54:45.711-07:00BEET Rangers Job Search<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLiMh3OP3EC9-fwDgCUAOLP56bec65gCVWNOY0PqG2UJzw7xm3OXRLioVGWb396xA422zLOpWbnHzGWdd9Qk8MvjqruBXyNoGigOgUzFEY_9xoOzIbgawllwQXLmHwXeC5wwQ0Q/s1600-h/IMG_2140.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLiMh3OP3EC9-fwDgCUAOLP56bec65gCVWNOY0PqG2UJzw7xm3OXRLioVGWb396xA422zLOpWbnHzGWdd9Qk8MvjqruBXyNoGigOgUzFEY_9xoOzIbgawllwQXLmHwXeC5wwQ0Q/s320/IMG_2140.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330668065356072050" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Today with the BEET Rangers we made a trip to Safe Haven, a community space in the Hayes Valley South residence. Safe Haven is an after-school drop in spot for youth in the neighborhood to come do homework, hang out, be with friends. They let us use their computers to work on resumes and job applications for the BEET Rangers to explore other employment opportunities for when they graduate the BEET Ranger program.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Here are a couple of resources for youth looking for jobs:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">SF Youthline</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Run by and for youth, 12noon-10pm every day</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">1-888-977-3399</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">http://www.youthlinesf.org/jobs/ </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">SF Kids</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">http://www.sfkids.org/</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">JOBS TO APPLY TO:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Juma Ventures</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">www.juma.org</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">SF Youthworks</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">www.sfyouthworks.org</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">I-YEL</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">www.crissycorkboard.info/iyel/index.htm</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Literacy for Environmental Justice</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">www.lejyouth.org</span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-84744344203590090422008-10-11T11:28:00.000-07:002009-04-30T19:47:51.813-07:00BEET Rangers at Academy of Sciences!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf0E0-PC8arDnPOnlin3-xRZk11ZOIq5dIw9eFkzyUtPDZi3ks4ggPrE6__Zm1vRxaO38FZwAtWD8w0ybYtvIh2iiLBdsxNg2k-T9VCvix3yzEeaIyHwGeU1mJVSVMTIY5iomwMw/s1600-h/6_SF-Academy_popup.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf0E0-PC8arDnPOnlin3-xRZk11ZOIq5dIw9eFkzyUtPDZi3ks4ggPrE6__Zm1vRxaO38FZwAtWD8w0ybYtvIh2iiLBdsxNg2k-T9VCvix3yzEeaIyHwGeU1mJVSVMTIY5iomwMw/s320/6_SF-Academy_popup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330681411841076306" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Today the BEET Rangers got a special treat, as our near-end-of-program celebration! They have been working so hard, and today was a day to celebrate and enjoy at the new Academy of Sciences!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">The new building is pretty amazing. It was super crowded, but we were able to weave our way through to enjoy the incredible aquarium, complete with sea dragons, an albino alligator, an anaconda, and some really neat turtles. We also checked out the indoor rainforest, which kinda blew our minds. There were lots of amazing frogs, chameleons, and geckos. Snakes that looked like sticks with really long noses, and butterflies everywhere. One of them almost landed on Naz's head!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">The penguins were as entertaining as ever, and the living roof is spectacular. Jeffrey wrote down the names of a lot of the plants for his garden at Gateway High School. We will help him get some of those native plants come spring, when the garden has more space to plant them. There was some lovely yarrow growing up there, definitely a beautiful sight covering a really big roof in the middle of San Francisco! There is so much space to grow on, everywhere, if we use a little imagination. Rooftop gardens could be happening all over this city!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">We had a great time looking around, and learned a lot. It is always uncomfortable to see animals in cages- we talked about that quite a bit. We agreed it was challenging to enjoy some aspects of visiting the Academy of Sciences, but overall, we could see how hopefully it was bringing people closer to nature, and to caring about the environment and their impact on the world. Maybe one day we won't have to see animals from really far away up close in order to feel our connection to them, and we won't make choices to use resources that result in rainforest destruction, or the destruction of any environment, for that matter. </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKfTrJUfM9cHIo7bWw2UAEya6FKdTe5lIt64nf_fLhMoZNxoHvBmaZ8GEdR4QBlJjVLhK6aW9bohOXZQ1-UhpcqgcHezgH6yVE7klB95maiXqwlVcmExM1tX6H6TvWp_9lSF80VA/s1600-h/mus_livingroof2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKfTrJUfM9cHIo7bWw2UAEya6FKdTe5lIt64nf_fLhMoZNxoHvBmaZ8GEdR4QBlJjVLhK6aW9bohOXZQ1-UhpcqgcHezgH6yVE7klB95maiXqwlVcmExM1tX6H6TvWp_9lSF80VA/s320/mus_livingroof2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330681618865885890" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Growing and eating local, with organic systems that encourage lots of animal habitat and native plants ecosystems are so essential to fighting habitat destruction caused by corporate agribusiness. Every little patch counts, from the living roof at the Academy of Sciences, to our garden at Koshland with our Monarch butterfly visitors. It all makes a difference, and we can keep growing more and more... let's do it! Overgrow!</span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-72203428313736283202008-10-08T17:31:00.000-07:002008-10-27T12:27:24.796-07:00Permaculture in the Garden<span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PlwbnHOXrv0/SL8soB5BCJI/AAAAAAAAAFk/KpiGd3LcrTI/s1600-h/6.11.08-Candy+Williams+and+Katie.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PlwbnHOXrv0/SL8soB5BCJI/AAAAAAAAAFk/KpiGd3LcrTI/s320/6.11.08-Candy+Williams+and+Katie.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241957557496514706" border="0" /></a></span><br /><br />This week in the garden, Katie taught a lesson on Permaculture. Katie had just completed an Urban Permaculture course, where she got to learn a lot of amazing things about design and modeling agriculture systems to be most efficient and supporting of their environment. Today Katie shared with a us a lesson on Patterns in Nature. The idea is to look at nature and replicate its patterns, because those patterns hold the key for ways to design our garden to be strong and efficient. Some of those patterns include spiral patterns (like a snail shell), branching patterns (like lightening), flow patterns (like a stream). After the lesson, we went into the garden and drew different patterns that we could find in plants or different areas of the garden, and talked about why we thought they might have formed that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24730877.post-10644243692811692982008-10-01T11:03:00.000-07:002009-04-30T19:40:08.963-07:00OCTOBER GARDEN NEWSLETTER<span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);" class="nfakPe">October</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"> 2008 </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);" class="nfakPe">Newsletter</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"> Content:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"> 1. Koshland Plans and Planting</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"> 2. BEET Rangers and Green Jobs Now!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"> 3. Harvest Festival Celebration!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"> 4. Zuchinni Bread Recipe</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"> ------------------------------</span><div style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);" id=":1e" class="ArwC7c ckChnd"><wbr>------------------------------<wbr>-----------<br /><br />1. KOSHLAND GARDEN: PLANS AND PLANTING<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjuMUn_oID_pfs6W9tO03nmKOW6P7YAnPyLwEX7RT0ks-oTfj9pldtB316snvKgY6voWdrDoNT3zlXJEftKczWZm33yLeS1pq-fdw4bWxbQiSFjw3eRQWDmzQqBSylrYOlipkWfw/s1600-h/IMG_2043.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjuMUn_oID_pfs6W9tO03nmKOW6P7YAnPyLwEX7RT0ks-oTfj9pldtB316snvKgY6voWdrDoNT3zlXJEftKczWZm33yLeS1pq-fdw4bWxbQiSFjw3eRQWDmzQqBSylrYOlipkWfw/s320/IMG_2043.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330661370271300322" border="0" /></a><br />Fall is approaching, and although the days are warm, the nights are<br />getting longer and cooler. The BEET Rangers have helped us prepare our<br />beds and plant out a lot new fall crop that love this time of year:<br />kale, broccoli, chard, lettuce, cabbage and collard greens. The<br />lettuce is already getting pretty big, and we will soon be using it<br />for salads with our upcoming cooking class in collaboration with<br />Modern Tea and the Western Addition Beacon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip5iVVLyyy1YSfnynny07FMGRbAF4xCsmLPFRTZAodxw75lTar8mCDtOf6IppidO9ZvG1innIxo3_tawumqcv6FPgoVRTHbcBa_fNonlxNvWUnDORmEciw9UH0o6gKXAeW4Yt9TA/s1600-h/IMG_2334.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip5iVVLyyy1YSfnynny07FMGRbAF4xCsmLPFRTZAodxw75lTar8mCDtOf6IppidO9ZvG1innIxo3_tawumqcv6FPgoVRTHbcBa_fNonlxNvWUnDORmEciw9UH0o6gKXAeW4Yt9TA/s320/IMG_2334.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330675431839346178" border="0" /></a>John Muir Elementary students are learning about seed cycles, and began their classes for the semester by harvesting carrots from this<br />summer's crop- this week they are planting carrots which they will harvest when classes end in December, giving them the opportunity to<br />observe the entire cycle of the plants life. Red tail hawks have beenvisiting us again! The students were able to see them up close as they perched on the trees above us. We feel so lucky to have these special visitors!<br /><br />Upcoming plans and changes in the garden will be constructing<br />terracing of the John Muir Elementary School beds on the North slope<br />of the garden. The terracing will make gardening easier and more<br />accessible for the students, and will help retain the water run-off<br />that occurs in the winter months. We are looking forward to the<br />change!<br /><br />To get more info on the garden, contact Community Garden Coordinator:<br /><br />Nora Brereton (415) 424-5770, <a href="mailto:noraborealis@juno.com">noraborealis@juno.com</a><br /><br />2. BEET RANGERS AND GREEN JOBS NOW!!!<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUiQHDWDTVQNUNXEqBh29KuZrS1krWUpdU_wa96JEmq9QWOLpkRJ6yuNE5X-o6l7yblP3BhLrNIEtPUaXm6IU6r88ZTwGRCHu7N7NGo3BjsOCc8s92sTkhNRyXnfaRZeKqLA9atg/s1600-h/IMG_1958.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUiQHDWDTVQNUNXEqBh29KuZrS1krWUpdU_wa96JEmq9QWOLpkRJ6yuNE5X-o6l7yblP3BhLrNIEtPUaXm6IU6r88ZTwGRCHu7N7NGo3BjsOCc8s92sTkhNRyXnfaRZeKqLA9atg/s320/IMG_1958.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330671774238527858" border="0" /></a><br /></div>The BEET Rangers participated in the Green Jobs Now national day of action. We attended the fabulous Breaking Ground Conference for youth hosted by San Francisco Parks Trust on September 27th. Two of the BEET Rangers, Jessica Farkas and Tanea Lunsford, talked on a panel of youth about Green Jobs and why they are important. All of the participants on the panel shared really important views on how Green Jobs improve their communities, help them feel self-sufficient and productive, and provide a way for them to connect to their environment and green space in the city. We are proud to be part of the Green Job movement, connecting youth with opportunities to match environmental stewardship with economic justice.<br /><br />Learn more about Green Jobs Now: <a href="http://greenjobsnow.com/" target="_blank">http://greenjobsnow.com/</a><br /><br />For more info, contact BEET Ranger Program Coordinator:<br /><br />Elokin <a href="mailto:gardenkids@gmail.com">gardenkids@gmail.com</a> (415) 958-6937<br /><br />3. HARVEST FESTIVAL!!!<br />11am-1pm Workday, 1pm-4pm Party<br />Location: 11am-1pm Koshland Park at the corner of Page and Buchanan<br />Location: 1pm-4pm Hayes Valley Playground at the corner of Buchanan and Hayes<br /><br />On Saturday, <span class="nfakPe">October</span> 18th, we will be celebrating our Harvest Festival<br />with the Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association and the HV Playground<br />Fall Fest! It will be a big party for all of us.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7toOevLGkkqfHEVAoVYR4E2t4g27BhnmJxB7T-DWoS1XKONKslcGfMN-euQmW96x60BdTmPfz6I0NwiSAlB0ojnJd4RzomYQbCsc_MeW4AGuJadDgjQ1kUfjA_UZ_311EbGeXw/s1600-h/IMG_2230.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7toOevLGkkqfHEVAoVYR4E2t4g27BhnmJxB7T-DWoS1XKONKslcGfMN-euQmW96x60BdTmPfz6I0NwiSAlB0ojnJd4RzomYQbCsc_MeW4AGuJadDgjQ1kUfjA_UZ_311EbGeXw/s320/IMG_2230.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330677221981678162" border="0" /></a><br />From 10am-1pm, we will be working in Koshland Garden. The BEET Rangers<br />will be planning and leading all the activities in the garden, based<br />on their gained knowledge of gardening, and their observations on what<br />work the garden needs at this point in time. Guaranteed it will be a<br />fun day! We will provide tools, gloves, and snacks. Come out for your<br />last opportunity to work with this current group of BEET Rangers<br />before they graduate!<br /><br />From 1pm-4pm, we will move the party down to Hayes Valley Playground<br />to have a food, entertainment, and celebration with the whole<br />community. There will be activities run by the BEET Ranger for all the<br />family to enjoy! Come on out and celebrate the graduation of the BEET<br />Rangers, the Hayes Valley Neighborhood, Fall and Harvest time, and the<br />Hayes Valley Playground with us!<br /><br />4. ZUCHINNI BREAD RECIPE<br /><br />We are thrilled to be working with Modern Tea and the Western Addition<br />Beacon to host another cooking class for John Muir Elementary School<br />youth this fall. We began classes on Monday, <span class="nfakPe">October</span> 5th, by<br />harvesting beans at the Victory Garden in front of City Hall. We<br />admired the kale planted by the BEET Rangers earlier in July, and the<br />students got very excited about all the different colors of beans<br />inside the various stages of the painted lady runner beans. Definitely<br />a great start to a great program!<br /><br />Here is a fun fall recipe, to use all those zuchinnis that are<br />flooding the farmers markets this time of year.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1z6XC9pVw6Rc0zSDA02Mfgw9ZIZqtRhpYJ1YPU_MgYuYkpFiB_Su9Nyf-vHHz0CeTWDyoAVXjpojGV105GBI45GqMxOVcqmjANlKHBHGlW6YV_qmjRw-gFGmc5I-nJkaetHteA/s1600-h/zucchini-ck-1072157-l.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1z6XC9pVw6Rc0zSDA02Mfgw9ZIZqtRhpYJ1YPU_MgYuYkpFiB_Su9Nyf-vHHz0CeTWDyoAVXjpojGV105GBI45GqMxOVcqmjANlKHBHGlW6YV_qmjRw-gFGmc5I-nJkaetHteA/s200/zucchini-ck-1072157-l.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330675974231368370" border="0" /></a>ZUCCHINI BREAD<br />Makes 1 loaf<br /><br />INGREDIENTS:<br />1 1/2 cups all purpose flour<br />1 tsp. baking powder<br />1/2 tsp. salt<br />1 tsp. cinnamon<br />1/4 tsp. allspice<br />1/4 tsp. ground clove<br />2 eggs or equivalent<br />1/2 cup sugar<br />1/3 cup vegetable oil<br />1 1/2 cup grated zucchini<br />1 tsp. vanilla<br /><br />DIRECTIONS:<br />*Preheat oven to 350 degrees<br />*Combine flour, baking powder, salt and spices in a medium sized bowl<br />and mix well<br />*In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs with sugar until combined.<br />Batter will be thick and a little lumpy.<br />*Pour into greased loaf pan and bake for 45-50 minutes, or until a<br />toothpick comes out clean.<br /><br />Enjoy!<br />* From Seed to Mouth Cooking Class, Summer 2008</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0