Richmond Highs Urban Agriculture update
We are on our final week of the summer course! Students have been learning a lot!! How to grow food, collecting seeds, herbal medicine, flower anatomy, pollinators, how to reduce […]
Week 1 of SYAP!
Update from North Richmond Farms Summer Apprentice Crew. We just started Week One! We covered some important topics like site and tool safety, mindfulness, and North Richmond site history. Not […]
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 […]
6/22 Richmond High School Urban Agriculture Summer School Update!
Week 2 of the summer school is underway and our students are getting a full serving of knowledge and healthy, delicious summertime abundance! In the classroom, students are learning about […]
The Richmond Grows Seed Library
Written by Rachel Klucewicz, based on an interview with Rebecca Newburn of the Richmond Grows Seed Lending Library In May of 2010, spearheaded by Rebecca Newburn, the Richmond Rivets Transition Initiative […]
Lavender pouches, harvesting seeds, and learning to water our roots…
This week K-3rd was active in the Verde partnership garden! We used our senses to get to know plants, their life cycle, and learned about the unique adaptations plants have […]
Four NEW Potato Beds and more, at the Greenway Garden!
Greenway Garden Update! Hey folks! Things here at the Greenway Garden are blooming and thriving! Thanks to our amazing crew the garden now has four new potato beds!! Our tomatillo […]
June’s 2nd Saturday Volunteer Day at Greenway Gardens
Pictures from June’s 2nd Saturday Volunteer Event at the Greenway Community Gardens. Lots of planting, painting, and community building! Thank you to our volunteers and UT crew for making this […]
Summer School is ON!
Summer school is on and students have returned to in-person learning at Richmond High School! We also hosted a field trip last week from the wonderful folks from the Marin […]