Great day today on the Greenway with these FABULOUS volunteers!

Great day today on the Greenway with these FABULOUS volunteers Danny, Kahiyag + Alejandro who slipped away before we could get a photo! With a good amount of weeding of landscape area done last week, the fearless Greenway Crew was able to focus on giving LUV to our fruit trees today. We weeded, cut back […]

UNITY PARK is on the rise!

UNITY PARK is on the rise Thank you to the Urban Tilth Education programs team and our two new community volunteers and new teachers at Chavez Elementary, Julia & Robin, who helped us make great strides in clearing the park today!

2020 Vision: The North Richmond Farm is Rapidly Evolving!

Girls Garage Chicken Coop Completed! Photo courtesy of Girls Garage Or, should we call it a Chicken Pavilion?!! The coop and chicken run for up to 50 chickens was designed and constructed by Girls Garage, a Berkeley-based program for girls and female- identifying youth ages 9 to 18 who want to learn construction. The completed […]

Garden Therapy: Good for the soul, soil, and the community!

Lots of work happening in the Greenway Gardens! – Loving on the Blueberries – Planting tarragon, mint, rosemary, marjoram, and oregano in our beautiful herb bed – weeding, mulching, and planting 3 new citrus trees in the 4th street citrus orchard And always pick up all the trash that people love to dump near the […]

Before and after: picnic table rescue…

Urban Tilth’s Greenway Team was out again today trying to free UNITY PLAZA and the Greenway Gardens from the encroachment of weeds. Before and after of our picnic table rescue Come out and lend a hand! Tuesdays & Thursdays 10am – 1pm 16th street and Richmond Greenway (at Ohio ave) Hope to see you there!

Urban Tilth Receives Pandemic Relief, among other East Bay companies

Richmond Company Scores Federal Coronavirus Contract Companies in Richmond and around the East Bay received millions from the government to help combat the coronavirus pandemic. EL CERRITO, CA — East Bay companies have received millions of dollars from the federal government as it doles out contracts to vendors playing a role in the fight against […]

Check out our work this week along Cerrito Creek!

Check out our work this week along Cerrito Creek! We trimmed Willow trees due to being a fire hazard. We also removed wild celery and French broom. We also cleared along Wildcat Creek, where we also did some watering and our plants like Mugwort are thriving            

Slowly weeding our way to victory at Unity Park Plaza!

Slowly weeding our way to victory at Unity Park Plaza Huge shout out to champion volunteer Alejandro!!! Got that COVID CABIN FEVER? Slap on a mask and come volunteer with us at Unity Plaza (16th street & Ohio Ave on the Richmond Greenway) every Tuesday & Thursday 10-1pm *Many hands make lighter work Hope to […]

Sadly, Farm Well not in the cards for the North Richmond Farm…

Sadly, Farm Well not in the cards for the North Richmond Farm… We just received the completed Well Study from our geotechnical consultant.  Based on available information, there is no guarantee that a well will be productive and free of saltwater intrusion; the only way to know for sure is to go ahead and install […]