Last week, we took a tour of the Verde garden with our resident doctor for the month, to learn about the team’s plan for the next few weeks and how we can incorporate a cooking demonstration to go along with their lessons. We are also planning on using what is being grown in the garden […]
Verde Partnership Garden youth have been learning about animal and plant science and helping the education team plant roots and greens. K-3rd are studying CA native ecosystems and the animals that call our garden their home. 4th-5th grade is learning about plant life and its role in our environment. 6th-8th grade are using microscopes to […]
Youth are on break this week so our team has been doing a lot of infrastructure work & garden maintenance. The Richmond High team has been helping at the Verde Partnership Garden & vice versa. We also had support from the Watershed Team today at the Richmond high garden to come through and help continue […]
This weekend we have TWO great volunteer opportunities for the community! Please join us at one or both of these fantastic events as we continue to grow and improve our school gardens! The link to register is in our bio!
School Gardens Apprentices this week learned about what soil is made of and Richmond’s soil composition. Then we learned about seeds and their relationship with soil. We seeded corn, cayenne peppers, zinnias, & snapdragons. We then learned that when understanding fungi’s contribution to soil biodiversity. soil diversity can help us protect our forests in the […]
At Verde partnership garden we have been taking a pause to be in awe of the beauty around us through the practice of working with colours and creating. We have been drawing plants and our muse Eric the rooster- who came to visit for the day! Ms. Meza also guided us in teaching us how […]
At Verde partnership garden we have been tending to a patch of the garden that we hadn’t before. 3-8 grade cleared this space, seeded corn, lemon cucumbers, and sunflowers and then transplanted them. When we work with tools we expand on our awareness of our bodies and we remember to breathe. Four classrooms are also […]
Today we poured laughter and gratitude and some hopes into the soil. At Verde partnership garden we have been starting corn seeds by @trueloveseeds, harvesting Faba beans & finishing up a mural with @precitaeyes. Also, admiring the beauty in the blooms!
Our 4th Annual Fruit Tree Giveaway was a huge success! This year we expanded the event by adding 2 new locations and gave away 450 trees and 100 rosemary plants, that’s more than double the trees we gave away last year! We held the giveaway at three separate locations: The 6th Street Community Garden, 16th […]
Verde Partnership Garden is so happy to welcome spring! We have been busy as bees, preparing the soil for planting, learning about plant parts, drinking tea, eating borage flowers. The images pictured in these slides are k-3rd grade learning in action.-3rd-grade students preparing a bed for planting -kinder garden learning to count rings in a […]
