A look at what our biweekly farm stand looks like with our Urban Agriculture class at Richmond High School. The students take care of all the plants, harvest, wash, bundle and set up every other Monday in front of the school’s office to offer to staff and students. We LOVE to see it
This week the WTS crew took a trip to visit Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary! What a beautiful place with amazing birds all around and great staff! Starting October 1st – March 31st these Bay waters are closed off to boat traffic to help prevent disturbances to wintering and migrating waterbirds. For more information […]
WTS Update these past two weeks the watershed crew has been gaining some knowledge that we can apply at the sites we work at! Albany’s Urban forester/arborist John gave us a demo on how to properly trim tree branches. The 3-cut method can provide a clean cut, the tree can heal faster, and can prevent […]
Folks, it’s been a while… the farm crew has been busy busy busy as we come down from summer and get ready for this fall. We have been removing produce that has run its course and planting new starts like lettuce, spinach and so much more! This week we also had a lovely visit from […]
Shout out to all the fantastic community members that helped us make lower Wildcat Creek more beautiful today and free of some trash that can eventually make its way out to the bay! We filled up more than 6 sizeable 40-gallon trash bags and ended the day painting some birdhouses and screen printing led by […]
This week was bittersweet as the Watershed crew shared our last summer program experiences with each other. Monday the team paired up and created poster boards to showcase what they learned and found most interesting throughout the program. Tuesday we got to share those projects and some beautifully designed screen prints (courtesy of @pac_pops) with […]
School Garden SAP youth have been putting into practice identifying native plants at the Jug Handle State Natural Reserve, and community organizing with the Crescent Park Community to make more fire kits. We’re very proud of their growth and excited to celebrate their graduation this week! We’re thankful for having them in our school gardens, […]
Join us TODAY 8/6 Richmond BART for the 10th anniversary of the devastating Chevron Fire and the March to END CLIMATE CHA0S! 9:30 am meet @ Richmond BART 10:30 am March out For more info: https://www.ourpowerrichmond.org/endclimatechaos/
Location: Richmond High Garden (come in thru the main gate on 23rd street and drive to the back parking lot till you reach the tennis court. You’ll see the garden next to it) Time: 10am-1pm We haven’t had a volunteer event this summer due to our summer youth program but we’re back! We’ll be…. Weeding […]
