IRRIGATION SYSTEM installation is complete!

IRRIGATION SYSTEM installation is complete! The system is now fully operational and in use!  This means after 4 years of wasteful hand watering we can finally be in alignment with our values and conserve water while growing food for our community. The system includes a “solar sync”, which is a sensor that takes site weather […]

Congrats to Paola our August 2020 Food Sovereignty Awardee!

Every month Urban Tilth selects one of our staff members to receive the Food Sovereignty Award. The award signifies exemplary performance in improving food access and community control over our local resources and food system. Paola was our recipient for the month of July for her work with the North Richmond Farm, our Farm to […]

Another beautiful 2nd Saturday!

Another beautiful 2nd Saturday in the books at the Richmond Greenway! Today we took care of the edible forest at 16th st. by weeding around our trees, tilling the soil, adding nutrients, and watering deeply all of our beloved apricot, apple, Cherry, and Plum trees! Thanks so much to all the volunteers that came out! […]

Now let’s learn about Native vs Invasive Blackberry!

Hey friends, This week the team has continued to sheer mulch at Cerrito Creek and weed at Wildcat Creek.   Now let’s learn about Native vs Invasive BlackBerry! Native Blackberry or Pacific Blackberry (Rubus ursinus) has 3 leaflets, small skinny thorns, and is dioecious, only a female plant can produce berries. Pacific Blackberry is awesome […]

Giving the gardens some luv

This week at the Greenway Gardens we have been working on adding compost, mulch, and weeding around the to the fruit trees. We also have been painting over graffiti at the 6th Street Community Garden in order to beautify the garden even more! Looking to Volunteer? We are hosting a Volunteer event this Saturday at […]

Volunteer at Urban Tilth's Greenway Gardens!

Hello All, Urban Tilth will be cautiously welcoming back a limited number of volunteers to our two Greenway Gardens for the 2nd Saturday Volunteer Day on Saturday, August 8th. These gardens are located along the Greenway trail and we will have a maximum of 12 volunteers at each garden. 2 LOCATIONS * 6th Street Community […]

Visit by a beautiful friend, Hummingbird!

Hey, y’all! This week at the creek we had a beautiful friend visit us, a Hummingbird! These animals make great pollinators and have a great memory too! While we were out at Cerrito Creek we ran into some TRASH not so beautiful. It is important to keep our creeks clean and dispose of trash properly […]

6th Street Community Garden is gonna bloom!

Turning and amending beds, planting spinach, beets, turnips, lettuce, cucumber. collards, mustards, peas, sunflowers, and amaranth! 6th Street Community Garden is gonna boom