Some pictures from this last week at the Richmond High garden we’re really excited for his warm weather & for the flowers that are blooming it’s something about bright colors that motivate us to work harder! Anyone else feel this way during their spring gardening sessions???
Closing off the winter season We love the “imperfect” plants because it reminds us that not everything has to be perfect we got some big & weird cabbages & huuuge green leaves! For the urban ag online course: Students just wrapped up a unit on climate change and environmental justice, and are regularly checking in […]
This week’s abundance from the Richmond high garden !! We started off the week with our weekly harvest. We want to remind folks to not just take from the plants, please give back! Whether it’s some water, a song, a compliment, a gentle touch, or some compost It should be a reciprocated relationship at Richmond […]
The Richmond High trees have been getting some love we also started to bring back our vermicompost game!
Whats been going on at the Richmond High garden coming in to the new year? It’s been so long since Richmond High School youth had access to the RHS garden. But starting this week, students now have access to the garden through our after school program once a week. As of late, we’ve been busy […]
Students now have access to the garden through our after school program once a week We’re growing more flowers More veggies getting rooted and ready to come up in spring & of course, we still have monarchs around
2020 Wrap Up Post From The Richmond High School Urban Agriculture Academy! (Photos are pre and post COVID) Urban Tilth is IMMENSELY proud of our education team for their resiliency and flexibility during one of the most challenging years we have ever faced! Given all of the challenges that 2020 presented, our team was still […]
Cooking up goodness via Zoom Update from The Urban Agriculture Course at Richmond High School by Adam Boisvert Needless to say, the past two months of distance learning have been very challenging for educators and students alike! The Urban Agriculture Course has been no exception. We are adapting to hosting a course that is typically […]
This week at our education sites 🌸we are preparing the soil and transplanting greens, and vibrant caléndulas and cempasúchil. We have been seeding a variety of winter blossoming flowers. We are also cutting back our herbs to get fresher growth. Our green house has: collards, kale, yarrow, more cempasúchil, manzanilla, milkweeds, broccoli. We are protecting […]
HAPPY FULL MOON & FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER! We got some cool things going on in the garden today… we checked on the milkweed and got a lovely surprise! Monarch caterpillars are back and better, we counted 4! Super grateful and excited to take care of these babies for the next weeks. Wanted to show […]
