Urban Tilth has a limited supply of flower bouquets for you to purchase and brighten up your space! We have bouquets of Calla Lily’s, Ranunculus and a mix of wildflowers. Our flowers are grown and harvested at our North Richmond Farm and individually handcrafted per order. There are two sizes you can choose from and […]
Mother’s Day is coming up and Urban Tilth has partnered with a local Richmond artist Francisco “Pops” Rojas ( @pac_pops ) who will demonstrate how to make your own DIY gift card for Mother’s Day! We are adding a surprise twist by using multicoloured marigold seeds that were harvested, dried and collected from the North […]
This past Friday we had an awesome group of volunteers at the farm who packed 100 bags of produce for the Community Senior Citizen Center in North Richmond! We are so thankful to those who came out to help feed folks in their community. The joy on the faces of the seniors is always the […]
Yesterday we had a special visit from some of the @calwsoc and @jsparrowstew! They got to take tours of the North Richmond Farm and The Greenway Gardens! They got to learn about our history as an organization and our plans for the future! We are excited to collaborate together for the Earth Day Celebration. And […]
Urban Tilth welcomes Traver Riggins to our Farm Stands and Added Value Products creation team We are so excited to get to know you and grow with you!
this week we have been doing some swale trash pick up along the Greenway on 6th street, we took a visit to the Gill Tract Community Farm in Albany, a must-visit if you are in the area on Wednesdays, it also has one of the largest western monarch overwintering sites (California Coast) we’ve also been […]
Thank you so much to everyone who came@out to support we got a brand new 32 long raised bed built, planted tomatoes, fine-tuned our compost area, and cleared some weedy areas to plant more flowers! Stay tuned for the next community volunteer day at Richmond High!
This week the watershed crew had a little treasure hunt for the kids after school! The kids had to pick up some trash along the creek and then follow their maps to find the treasure( goodie bags and plants !) by building a healthy relationship with our community and our creeks we can create a […]
This coming Tuesday, March 29th. We’ll be co-leading a live-narrated (virtual) field trip at The Nature of Cities Festival in collaboration with @the_nature_of_cities It will feature a little adventure: walking the length of Wildcat Creek from the Berkeley Hills to the San Francisco Bay (22 km). Early in the morning, from 7 am-8 am! Along the way, […]
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 […]
