We planted lupin, corn, radishes, potatoes, and beans with them. Also shared seeds for them to grow and take with them. This week we harvested an abundance of Mellisa officinalis, also known as Torinjil or lemon balm. This is a plant that supports a lot of us in offering calm and soothing presence. Hoping everyone […]
Verde Partnership Garden 2020 review 354 students ages 4-15 engaged with the garden before COVID. Topics include soil and community health, metamorphosis, edible alphabet, herbs for tea and seed harvesting. We harvested 662 pounds of fruits, herbs and vegetables With Ms Meza’s guidance we harvested 40 different types of seeds of medicinal herbs, flowers, fruits and […]
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 […]
Some photos from the week at Verde Partnership garden. We admire seeing what plantitas like to be in each other’s company. Self seeded amaranth, poppies with the basil, Chile, and cilantro we planted. Also check out Ms. Meza’s stick trellises! We planted potatoes this week. We are hoping to offer that soil a comfrey tea […]
We got grapes from the Verde Partnership Garden! These delicious grapes will be offered to the community tomorrow in our Farm to Table CSA boxes!
Richmond High Garden & Verde Partnership Garden crews have been holding it down! While we are not able to hold our school-based garden programs in person at Richmond High and Verde Elementary School we still have been growing and trying to harvest as much produce as possible while slowly saying goodbye to summer, as we […]
At the verde partnership garden we have been tending to the plants and soil. We started lots of Marigolds from seed and are so amazed at the vibrance that comes out of the tiny and mighty seeds. We’ve also been installing drip irrigation. Also look at the curly tendrils in chayote, calabaza and in grapes […]
It’s getting fruity at Richmond High School and Verde Partnership Garden ! Grapes, figs and tomatoes juicy and sweet. The feijoas started to grow too! Thank you to the bees, butterflies, moths , wasps and even flies working hard to pollinate!
Good afternoon family, hope y’all been safe and taking good care of your mental and physical health. We want to start off by thanking the lady bugs in our gardens and farms. Lady bugs eat the aphids on our tomatoes. This year we didn’t have as much aphids as previous years and it’s all thanks […]
Photos and Article By Denis Perez-Bravo Bienvenida Meza found a taste of home as an instructor at North Richmond’s Verde Elementary School garden after a long journey from her home country of Honduras. “Nature brings me joy,” said the 63-year-old Richmond resident. Meza has been planting, growing and harvesting while educating kids about nature at Verde […]
