VPG Update
This week we hosted a Free Breakfast celebrating Black History Month and the legacy of the Black Panther Party in different cities, even Richmond! Students enjoyed warm wheat pancakes, fresh […]
This week we hosted a Free Breakfast celebrating Black History Month and the legacy of the Black Panther Party in different cities, even Richmond! Students enjoyed warm wheat pancakes, fresh […]
Recently, a lot more kids have been taking advantage of the garden to hang out during breaks and help us out with some garden tasks, which we’re really grateful for […]
Last week, we took a tour of the Verde garden with our resident doctor for the month, to learn about the team’s plan for the next few weeks and how […]
Help Verde Elementary Garden BLOOM! We’re calling upon our community to help us raise $30,000 to fund Verde Elementary Partnership Garden. With the funds we raise from this year’s Oakland […]
Verde Partnership Garden youth have been learning about animal and plant science and helping the education team plant roots and greens. K-3rd are studying CA native ecosystems and the animals […]
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 […]
School Gardens Apprentices this week learned about what soil is made of and Richmond’s soil composition. Then we learned about seeds and their relationship with soil. We seeded corn, cayenne […]
At Verde partnership garden we have been tending to a patch of the garden that we hadn’t before. 3-8 grade cleared this space, seeded corn, lemon cucumbers, and sunflowers and […]
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 […]
Verde Partnership team update We are now entering our plant science unit with K-3rd grade. We hope to deepen their already innate understanding of plants and their wonders. We started […]