Herbal Medicines, Preserving Seeds, and More!

Happy Monday, everyone! Here’s an update on all the exciting things happening with the herbal and seed saving projects. Back in December, the team hosted a wonderful winter herbal medicine event where everyone came together to make their own fire ciders! A big thank you to everyone who joined in on the fun. If you […]

Celebrating Fall Seed Saving at North Richmond Farm

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for the Fall Seed Saving event at North Richmond Farm! It was an incredible day filled with hands-on learning, community connection, and a shared passion for gardening. Together, we processed a variety of seeds from beautiful flowers, hearty beans, aromatic herbs, and, of course, some delicious […]

Bountiful Seed Saving Turnout!

Thank you to all these beautiful faces that came out to our Seed Saving in Community event yesterday We got to process a whole bunch of seeds, cilantro, Japanese indigo, calendulas, collards, Fava beans, arugula, and many more! And of course a lot of laughs and storytelling. Should we do another seed saving in a […]

Seed Saving in Community Reminder

Reposting to remind everyone of this wonderful opportunity for our community to come together to learn how to be seed stewards !! Share with your friends and family !!! Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/616701519847

Seed Saving Project

I’ve learned that seed work is slow work. It’s intimate and patient work. I’ve been learning and unlearning. I am learning how to be in a better relationship with seeds to feed the future and unlearning that seeds belong to just 1 person. Seeds want to be shared and sowed. They belong to the earth. […]

Introducing the Seed Saving Project

Saving seeds has been an ongoing practice in Urban Tilth. We’re lucky to have learned from our team and community elders. We are also super lucky to have a Richmond Seed Library by @richmondgrows who has supported us by teaching us many techniques! With this project, our goals are to save & distribute seeds from […]

Harvesting, Seed Saving, Pesto Making, and Tomato Trellising…

This past week at the Urban Agriculture Summer School Course at Richmond High School has been full of harvesting, seed saving, pesto making, and tomato trellising! We are teaching students about the health benefits of powerful herbs like chamomile, and lemon verbena and how plant allies from the “Farmacy” can be homegrown solutions used to […]