This year Urban Tilth is concentrating its efforts to revitalize Verde K-8 School Partnership Garden (VPG), a 0.6-acre plot in North Richmond’s ONLY school. In the face of a growing climate crisis and in a community where 98% are at risk of asthma and 75% are living below twice the federal poverty level, Verde Partnership […]
Youth are on break this week so our team has been doing a lot of infrastructure work & garden maintenance. The Richmond High team has been helping at the Verde Partnership Garden & vice versa. We also had support from the Watershed Team today at the Richmond high garden to come through and help continue […]
At Verde partnership garden we have been taking a pause to be in awe of the beauty around us through the practice of working with colours and creating. We have been drawing plants and our muse Eric the rooster- who came to visit for the day! Ms. Meza also guided us in teaching us how […]
At Verde partnership garden we have been learning about soil biodiversity & community health. With our soil health unit, each student is growing a fava bean and watching them grow, learning about plant parts. We know fava beans as an amazing snack but also very nourishing to our soil. We are also learning about how […]
Verde K-8 garden days have been vibrant. With our 6th – 8th grades we are learning what a food system is and we harvested a bunch of tomatoes. With 4th – 5th grades we made apple crumble from our generous apple tree and this time we worked with amaranth flour, a grain native to Central […]
Verde K-8th school has been welcoming the fall. The pumpkins are turning orange, the leaves are falling, and we are eating apples every day. We have been planting more greens like collards and cilantro. So far 5th, 6th, and 8th grades made apple crisps! When we harvested the apples we began learning about solidarity and […]
We have been wrapping up the school year. Thank you to the youth and staff! Congrats to the graduating classes of 2021 We are very thankful to also have had the chance to host Crestmont Middle School. They were doing a food justice class. Together we learned about the peasant declaration of rights, by la […]
