Nothing like a little Monday Garden Therapy on the Richmond Greenway!

Nothing like a little Monday Garden Therapy on the Richmond Greenway! Today the garden team and Alejandro our awesome volunteer made so much progress bringing the community garden back to life We weeded, deadheaded more of the pollinator garden, cut back, and amended the soil around our blueberry plants, watered, and weeded some more! Huge […]

1st SUCCESSFUL *COVID GARDEN THERAPY* VOLUNTEER DAY!

SUCCESSFUL 1st “GARDEN THERAPY” VOLUNTEER DAY on the Richmond Greenway! We are so thankful for the time we got to spend in the garden with Quan and the community volunteers this past Saturday! While observing social distancing and wearing masks we brought one of the U-shaped garden beds back to life that had sadly failed […]

Ms. Meza Teaches Us About Three Sisters Garden Technique

Verde Partnership Garden Update Although the garden is closed currently to the public, we have been sowing seeds, transplanting and clearing spaces for growing food. We will continue to maintain the pollinator gardens and contribute produce to the Urban Tilth Farm to Table CSA. We are hoping it is safe to open up the garden […]

Giving luv to Albany Hill, Cerrito, and Wildcat Creeks…  

Giving luv to Albany Hill, Cerrito, and Wildcat Creeks… These past two weeks we have been working in 3 locations; Albany Hill, Cerrito Creek, and Wildcat Creek, At Albany Hill, we did some French Broom removal and cut back Eucalyptus sprouts from old tree trunks. At Cerrito Creek, we have been watering, weeding, and laying […]

Seed Saving Native Plants!

Some fun things have been happening at the Richmond High garden:Our chamomile is blooming & doing amazing. Last year we seed saved our indigo tomatoes with our Urban Agriculture class at Richmond High. This year we planted them and they’re now producing! The blackberry has been enjoying that we’ve been away and not cutting it […]

Comeback Season

RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL GARDEN UPDATE – @rhs_urbanag – Due to covid-19,  we’ve been helping a lot at the North Richmond farm and we haven’t been able to fully put attention into the schools garden since they closed down but this past week we finally have a crew on deck that’s here to bring it back. […]

Building Local Food Resilience

https://earth911.com/living-well-being/building-local-food-resilience/ Before the coronavirus pandemic reached the United States, between 30 to 40 percent of our food supply was thrown away. Since lockdowns started, however, we’ve seen this play out on a much larger scale. Widespread restaurant, hotel, and school closures have greatly reduced the market for farm goods. With storage filled to capacity, some […]

2nd Saturday Volunteer Day: 1st post-COVID Gathering

Urban Tilth will be cautiously welcoming back a limited number of volunteers (6 total) to Greenway Gardens at the 6th and Ohio on the 2nd Saturday on July 11th. *Masks required *Physical distancing required Please sign up through Eventbrite in the link provided. **NO DROP-INS**

Hey y’all! Water you guys up to?

Hey y’all! Water you guys up to? The Watershed Crew this week has been working hard at Albany Hill under the supervision of Margot Cunningham the Natural Areas Coordinator for the City of Albany, who took some of these cool pictures. It is important to keep the trails well maintained to reduce fire hazards. The […]

The greenway is starting to drop fruit!

The greenway is starting to drop fruit! Plums are in season and they are ready to get harvested. We also have apples and pear trees that are starting to produce fruit! With summer approaching we’re planning on planting sunflowers and summer crops! The greenway also has. A lot of lavender to harvest feel free to […]